哈佛 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Hāfó

Harvard

hā sound of laughter

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

合 Sound component

hé to join

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ŋɡuːb

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

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

弗 Sound component

fú not

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjut	[b][u]t	great

《說文》：“佛，見不審也。从人，弗聲。”