tào​cí

ingratiate

tào cover

A cover has to be big () and long () enough to wrap around what it is covering.

Components

Meaning component
dà, dài big
Meaning component
cháng long

is a component form of .

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːw
tʰaːws

Sources

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

magnetic

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

stone

Sound component
zī, cí now

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhang

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang