投错胎 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tóu throw

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

殳 Sound component

shū weapon or tool

Change in sound

投 and 殳 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
投 *[d]ˤo
殳 *[d]o

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	duw	[d]ˤo	throw

說文解字

《說文》：“投，擿也。从手，从殳。”

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)

cuò error Simplified

Simplified form of 錯. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Change in sound

错 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
错 *[tsʰ]ˤak
昔 *[s]Ak

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

tāi unborn child

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

台 Sound component

tái platform

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Baxter-Sagart	thoj	l̥ˤə	fetus

說文解字

《說文》：“胎，婦孕三月也。从肉，台聲。”

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)

cuò error Traditional

Original meaning: grind stone

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Change in sound

錯 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
錯 *[tsʰ]ˤak
昔 *[s]Ak

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	tshak	[tsʰ]ˤak	slanting

說文解字

《說文》：“錯，金涂也。从金，昔聲。”

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)

投 tóu throw

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错 cuò error Simplified

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胎 tāi unborn child

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錯 cuò error Traditional

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tóu throw

cuò error Simplified

tāi unborn child

cuò error Traditional