嗅球 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiùqiú

olfactory bulb

xiù smell

To taste 口 an odor 臭; 臭 also provides the pronunciation

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

臭 Sound Meaning component

chòu smell

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xjuwH	qʰu(ʔ)-s	to smell (tr.)
Zhengzhang		qʰlus
		qʰluŋs

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

qiú ball

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求 Sound component

qiú seek

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuw	[g](r)[u]	'ball'?

說文解字

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)