撩逗
liáo​dòu

provoke

撩 liāo lift up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːw
reːwʔ
Unicodeleu
lěu

說文解字

理也。从手尞聲。

Sources

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

逗 dòu tease, stay

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

豆
豆 Sound component
dòu bean

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːs
dos
Unicodedhòu

說文解字

《說文》：“逗，止也。从辵，豆聲。”

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)