凹凸轧花
āo​tū​yà​huā

embossing

凹 āo concave

Pictograph of a concavity. Opposite of 凸.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqriːw
qriːb

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

凸 tū protrude

Pictograph of a bump sticking out. Opposite of 凹.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯːd
duːd

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漢語多功能字庫
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Zhengzhang Shangfang

轧 yà crush by weight Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軋.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
乚
乚 Sound component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

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花 huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwaeqʷʰˤra flower (n.)

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漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart

軋 yà crush by weight Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
乚
乚 Sound component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔɛtqˤrətcrush
Zhengzhangqriːd

說文解字

𨋚也。从車乙聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)