shèng​cí

remanence

shèng left over

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
chéng ride
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzyingHCə.ləŋ-s left over

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

magnetic

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

stone

Sound component
zī, cí now

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhang

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang