戆督
gàng​dū

stupid

戆 zhuàng, gàng stupid Simplified

Components

赣
赣 Sound component
gàn Jiangxi province
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

mind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

督 dū supervise

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.

Components

叔
叔 Sound component
shū, shu uncle
目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔl'uːwɢ

說文解字

《說文》：“督，察也。一曰目痛也。从目，叔聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

戇 stupid Traditional

Components

贛
贛 Sound component
Jiangxi province
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

mind

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkr'oːms
qʰloːms

說文解字

愚也。从心𥫔聲。

Sources

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