搅屎棍
jiǎo​shǐ​gùn

troublemaker

搅 jiǎo disturb Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 觉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攪.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

觉
觉 Sound component
jué, jiào feel, think

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

屎 shǐ excrement

Depicts a person (尸) defecating feces.

Components

尸
尸 Iconic component
shī sitting person
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts feces. Unrelated to 米.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyijX[qʰ]ijʔ excrement
xjij[qʰ]ij (dialect: *qʰ- > *x-, no palatalization)moan

Sources

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

棍 gùn stick

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
昆
昆 Sound component
kūn elder brother

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːns
ɡuːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

攪 jiǎo disturb Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

覺
覺 Sound component
jué, jiào feel, think

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkæwXkˤruʔdisturb
Zhengzhangkruːʔ
Unicodegǎu

說文解字

亂也。从手覺聲。《詩》曰：“祇攪我心。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)