entrenchment

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

烏 sound component

  Sound component

  

crow

Evolution

塢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
塢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
塢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

entrenchment, bank, low wall; dock; low wall

Most common words with 塢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

好莱坞

Hollywood

dock

船坞

(maritime) dock