停俸
tíng​fèng

suspend salary

停 tíng stop

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭
亭 Sound component
tíng pavilion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengCə.[d]ˤeŋ
(~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)		to stop

說文解字

《說文新附》：“停，止也。从人，亭聲。”

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)

俸 fèng, běng wages

Wages offered 奉 to a person 亻; 奉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
奉
奉 SoundMeaning component
fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpoːŋʔ
boŋs
Unicodebhiòng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang