xué​mo

seek

xué, chì to walk around

Components

Sound component
zhé, zhē, shé break off
Meaning component
foot

foot

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsɢʷled

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

mō, mo touch with hand

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
mò, mo do not

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaː
maːɡ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang