捣蛋 dǎodàn disrupt Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 捣 dǎo hull Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 岛 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搗. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 岛 岛 Sound component dǎo island Sources Readings & variants Unicode 蛋 dàn eggs Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Components 延 延 SoundRemnant component yán delay Change in sound 蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 蛋 l'aːns 延 *la[n] 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangl'aːns Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 搗 dǎo hull Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 島 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 島 島 Sound component dǎo island Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtaːwʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
