mā​samó​suō

smooth

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

suō to feel or fondle with the fingers

Components

Sound component
shā sand
Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

hand

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang