倒爷
dǎo​yé

profiteer

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)

爷 ye, yé father Simplified

Simplified form of 爺. Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
卩
卩 Simplified component
jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 耶 component in the traditional character 爺.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

爺 ye, yé father Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
耶
耶 Sound component
yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglaː
Unicodeia

Sources

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