zhàn
warehouse
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 棧
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
tavern | ||
a warehouse | ||
plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff | ||
warehouse | ||
a pier |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]ˤr[a][n]ʔ | dzraenX | zhàn | shed |
*[dz]ˤr[a][n]-s | dzraenH | zhàn | shed |
*[dz]r[a][n]ʔ | dzreanX | zhàn | shed |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3192nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+68E7 |
Shuowen | “棧,棚也,竹木之車曰棧。从木,戔聲。” |
Sources
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