村落 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

cūnluò

village

cūn village

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 寸 represents the sound.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

寸 Sound component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sʰuːn
Unicode	tsuən

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 洛 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸. Alludes to leaves falling from trees.

洛 Sound component

luò river in Shanxi province

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lak	kə.rˤak	fall (v.)

凡艸曰零，木曰落。从艸洛聲。