criticize

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰiː
Unicodepei

Sources

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

li mile

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
lǐ, li village

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

syllable

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
pāi clap

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

la, lā final particle of assertion

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
lā, la pull

Sources

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