Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 官 represents the sound.
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernFreq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 棺材 | coffin |
| 棺 | coffin |
| 棺木 | coffin |
| 石棺 | sarcophagus |
| 棺椁 | coffin |
