呆住 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dāizhù

stunned

dāi dull, stupid

Depicts the mouth (口) being stuck and not moving, like wood (木), representing someone stupid or expressionless.

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

木 Iconic component

mù tree

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tɯː
	ŋɯː

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主 Sound component

zhǔ master

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuH	dro(ʔ)-s	stop (v.)