qiàn

wooden tablet

Components
斩 sound component

  Sound component

zhǎn

  

chop

木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

wood

Evolution

椠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
椠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
椠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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qiàn

wooden tablet; edition