倒档
dào​dǎng

reverse gear

倒 dào, dǎo fall over

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

到
到 Sound component
dào, dao go to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤawʔ turn upside down (v.i.)
tawHtˤawʔ-s turn over, invert; pour

說文解字

《說文新附》：“倒，仆也。从人，到聲。”

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)

档 dàng shelf Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 当 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檔.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
当
当 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

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

檔 dàng shelf Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 當 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
當
當 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋ
taːŋs

Sources

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