sōu​cháng​guā​dù

rack one's brains

sōu search

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
sǒu, sōu, xiāo old man

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrjuwsru search

說文解字

《說文》:“,眾意也。一曰求也。从手,叜聲。”

Sources

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

cháng intestines Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

guā to scrape, shave

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

𠯑
𠯑 Sound component
guā block the mouth
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts.
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwaet[kʷˤ]r[a]t scrape (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“刮,掊把也。从刀,聲。”

Sources

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

belly

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
earth

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuXtˤaʔ belly, stomach
duXm-tˤaʔ belly

Sources

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

cháng intestines Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjanglraŋintestines
Zhengzhangl'aŋ
Unicodedjhiɑng

說文解字

大小腸也。从肉昜聲。

Sources

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