嵌套
qiàn​tào

nest

嵌 qiàn inlay

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

甘
甘 Unknown component
gān sweetness
欠
欠 Sound component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡaːmʔ
kʰraːm
Unicodekam

說文解字

山深皃。从山，歁省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

套 tào cover

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

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
镸
镸 Meaning component
cháng long

镸 is a component form of 長.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːw
tʰaːws

Sources

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