斜躺
xié​tǎng

recline

斜 xié slanting

Phonosemantic compound. 斗 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle
余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglja
laː
Unicodezia

說文解字

杼也。从斗余聲。讀若荼。

Sources

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

躺 tǎng lie down

Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components

身
身 Meaning component
shēn body
尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːŋʔ

Sources

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