搪瓷 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tángcí

enamel

táng ward off

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

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

唐 Sound component

táng exaggerate

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		l'aːŋ
Unicode	dhɑng

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound.

瓦 Meaning component

wǎ earthenware

次 Sound component

cì second, next

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	zli

瓦器。从瓦次聲。