guāi

box one's ears

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
guó nation

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Readings & variants
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box one's ears Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
guó nation

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷrɯːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang