zā​mo

ponder

to suck

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
full circle

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsuːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

mō, mo touch with hand

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
mò, mo do not

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaː
maːɡ

Sources

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