埋汰
mái​tai

dirty

埋 mái, mán bury

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmɛjm.rˤəbury
Zhengzhangmrɯː
Unicodemæi

Sources

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

汰 tài excessive

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 太 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

太
太 Sound component
tài, tai very

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdajHlˤa[t]-swave
Zhengzhangtʰaːds
Unicodetɑ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang