còu​gòu

collect enough

còu piece together Simplified

Components

Meaning component
bīng ice

ice

Sound component
zòu memorialize emperor

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

gòu enough Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
duō much
Sound component
sentence

Sources

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

còu piece together Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zòu memorialize emperor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːs
Unicodetsòu

說文解字

水上人所會也。从水奏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gòu enough Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
duō much
Sound component
sentence

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoː
koːs
kʰoː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang