坑爹
kēng​diē

disappointing

坑 kēng pit

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 阬.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰraːŋ
Unicodekæng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

爹 diē father

Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 多 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
多
多 Sound component
duō much

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嗲

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːʔ
tjaː

Sources

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