xià​pǎo

scare away

xià scare Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
xià, xia under

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

pǎo run

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
bāo wrap

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbruː
bruːɡ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

xià scare Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
hè, shì bright

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxaekqʰˤ<r>ak frighten
xaeHqʰˤ<r>ak-s frighten

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart