a box

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

鹿
鹿 Sound component
deer

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːɡ

說文解字

竹高篋也。从竹鹿聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica