俗语 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sú social customs

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

谷 Sound component

gǔ valley, ravine

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjowk	s-[ɢ]ok	ways, customs; vulgar

說文解字

《說文》：“俗，習也。从人，谷聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yǔ language Simplified

Simplified form of 語. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

吾 Sound component

wú, yú, yá I, me

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

yǔ language Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

吾 Sound component

wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjoX	ŋ(r)aʔ	speak
	ngjoH	ŋ(r)aʔ-s	tell

說文解字

《說文》：“語，論也。从言，吾聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

俗 sú social customs

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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语 yǔ language Simplified

Components

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語 yǔ language Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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sú social customs

yǔ language Simplified

yǔ language Traditional