tǎng

a treasury

Records kept on cloth  by servants 

Components
奴 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

slave

巾 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

cloth

Evolution

帑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
帑 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tǎng

a treasury; public funds; state treasury