打掩护 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǎyǎnhù

provide cover

dǎ, da strike

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

打 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
打 děng
丁 teng

Character Evolution

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咑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rteŋʔ
		teːŋʔ
Unicode	děng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“打，擊也。从手，丁聲。”

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)

yǎn to cover (with the hand)

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

奄 Sound Meaning component

yǎn, yān to enclose

奄 also represents the meaning.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qromʔ
Unicode	qyɛ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“掩，斂也，小上曰掩。从手，奄聲。”

Sources

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

hù protect Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 護.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

户 Sound component

hù, hu door

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

hù protect Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

蒦 Sound component

huò, wò catch, get

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	huH	[ɢ]ʷˤak-s	protect

說文解字

《說文》：“護，救視也。从言，蒦聲。”

Sources

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

打 dǎ, da strike

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

掩 yǎn to cover (with the hand)

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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护 hù protect Simplified

Components

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護 hù protect Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

dǎ, da strike

yǎn to cover (with the hand)

hù protect Simplified

hù protect Traditional