sù​mó

plastic film

sculpt, clay model, plastic

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
shuò first day of lunar month
Meaning component
earth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsŋaːɡs

Sources

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

membrane

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaː
maːɡ

說文解字

肉閒胲膜也。从肉莫聲。

Sources

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