哄诱
hǒng​yòu

coax

哄 hōng, hǒng coax

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬨.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡloːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

诱 yòu persuade Simplified

To use elegant 秀 words 讠; 秀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
秀
秀 SoundMeaning component
xiù elegant, excellent

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誘 yòu persuade Traditional

To use elegant 秀 words 言; 秀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
秀
秀 SoundMeaning component
xiù elegant, excellent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyuwXluʔlead; influence
Zhengzhangluʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica