估摸 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gūmo

estimate

gū merchant, estimate

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

古 Sound component

gǔ old

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kaːʔ
Unicode	gǒ

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

莫 Sound component

mò, mo do not

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	maː
	maːɡ