hōng​tái

bid up

hōng, hǒng coax

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

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
gòng together with

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡloːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

tái lift

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
tái platform

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯː

Sources

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