chair

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

奇 sound component

  Sound component

  

strange

Evolution

椅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
椅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chair, seat; chair

Most common words with 椅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

椅子

chair

chair

轮椅

wheelchair

座椅

seat

长椅

bench