fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense)

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

㡭 sound component

  Sound component

  

continue

Evolution

檵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
檵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub

 

variant of [qǐ], wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)