xiàng

chestnut oak

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

象 sound component

  Sound component

xiàng

  

elephant

Evolution

橡 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
橡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiàng

chestnut oak; rubber tree; rubber; oak; Quercus serrata

Most common words with 橡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

橡胶

rubber

橡皮

rubber

橡树

oak

oak

橡木

oaken