to carve wood

Original meaning: 

windlass

Depicts the top part of a water well used to raise and lower a bucket of water. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts the top part of a well used to raise and lower the bucket of water.

水 iconic component

  Iconic component

shuǐ

  

water

Evolution

彔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
彔 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
彔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to carve wood

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (3 verified)

祿

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)