腺苷
xiàn​gān

adenosine

腺 xiàn gland

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 泉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

泉
泉 Sound component
quán spring

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

苷 gān licorice

A sweet 甘 plant 艹; 甘 also provides the pronunciation

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
甘
甘 SoundMeaning component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːm

說文解字

甘艸也。从艸从甘。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)