橐驼
tuó​tuó

camel

橐 tuó, dù, luò a sack

Pictograph of a bag with both ends tied. Similar in origin to 東 and 束. 石 represents the sound. As a component in other characters, 石 is almost always omitted.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a bag with both ends tied.

石
石 Sound component
shí stone
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

囊

Remnant (1)

囊

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蠹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthaktʰˤak sack; bellows

說文解字

《說文》：“橐，囊也。从省，石聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.514-515李学勤《字源》p.557裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.240
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

驼 tuo, tuó a camel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駝.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

駝 tuo, tuó a camel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːl
Unicodedhɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica