袖筒
xiù​tǒng

sleeve

袖 xiù sleeve

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

由
由 Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjuwHsə.[l]u-ssleeve
Zhengzhangljɯwɢs
Unicodeziòu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

筒 tǒng thick piece of bamboo

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound. Originally written as 同.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

同
同 Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartduwnglˤoŋtube
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
doːŋs
Unicodedhung

說文解字

通簫也。从竹同聲。

Sources

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