dǎ​dǔn

doze

dǎ, da strike

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
dīng cubes
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrteŋʔ
teːŋʔ
Unicodeděng

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

dǔn, zhūn to doze

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtuːnʔ
tjuns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang