liáng

fruit

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

京 sound component

  Sound component

jīng

  

capital city

Evolution

椋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
椋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liáng

fruit; see 椋鳥|椋鸟[liáng​niǎo]

Most common words with 椋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

starling

椋鸟

starling