汽碾 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qìniǎn

steamroller

qì steam

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 气 represents the sound.

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

qì, qi air

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʰɯds

《說文》：“汽，水涸也。或曰泣下。从水，气聲。《詩》曰：‘汽可小康。’”

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 展 represents the sound.

石 Meaning component

shí stone

展 Sound component

zhǎn, zhan open

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ndenʔ
	ndens