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dirty

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

dirty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːŋʔ
ɡaːŋʔ
qaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang