zhí

wooden stake

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

戠 sound component

  Sound component

zhīzhí

  

to gather

Evolution

樴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
樴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhí

stake; picket