船桨
chuán​jiǎng HSK7

oar

船 chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywenCə.lo[n] boat

說文解字

《說文》：“船，舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

桨 jiǎng oar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

槳 jiǎng oar Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaŋʔ
Unicodetziɑ̌ng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang