摩擦 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mócā HSK5

friction

mó rub

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components

麻 Sound component

má, ma hemp

手 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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		maːl
		maːls
Unicode	mɑ

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
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

cā wipe

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

察 Sound component

chá examine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sʰlaːd

Sources

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