chuǎi​mó HSK7

fathom

chuāi put things under clothes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrhjweXs-tʰ<r>orʔto measure; to estimate
Zhengzhangtoːlʔ
sʰrolʔ

說文解字

量也。从手耑聲。度高曰揣。一曰捶之。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

rub

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
má, ma hemp
Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːl
maːls
Unicode

說文解字

《說文》:“摩,研也。从手,麻聲。”

Sources

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