chàng​dié

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chàng sing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
chāng, chàng prosperous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhangHmə-tʰaŋ-s to lead (in singing)

說文解字

《說文》:“唱,導也。从口,昌聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

dié small dish

A flat  stone 

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Meaning component
leaf

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'eːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang