刨根 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

páogēn

dig up root

páo carpenter's plane

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鑤.

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

包 Sound component

bāo wrap

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	bruː

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

木 Meaning component

mù tree

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kon	[k]ˤə[r]	root, trunk

《說文》：“根，木株也。从木，艮聲。”