拍档
pāi​dàng

partner

拍 pāi clap

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

白
白 Sound component
bái, bai white

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

啪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphaekmə-pʰˤrak to strike

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

档 dàng shelf Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 当 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檔.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
当
当 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

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

檔 dàng shelf Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 當 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
當
當 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋ
taːŋs

Sources

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