疲沓
pí​ta

slack

疲 pí feel tired

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbje[b](r)ajweary, exhausted
Zhengzhangbral
Unicodebhyɛ

說文解字

勞也。从疒皮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

沓 dá, tà crowded, repeated

Original meaning: mouth like a torrent, speaking a lot

Depicts speech flowing out of the mouth (曰) like water (水). Based on the original meaning "mouth like a torrent, speaking a lot". The meaning later expanded to "repeated", "crowded", "join", and "unite".

Components

水
水 Iconic component
shuǐ water
曰
曰 Iconic component
yuē say

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

踏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdopm-rˤəp join, unite

說文解字

《說文》：“沓，語多沓沓也。从水，从曰。遼東有沓縣。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.416-417
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)