油炸 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yóuzhá

deep-fry

yóu oil

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

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

由 Sound component

yóu cause

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yuw	[l][u]	flow(ing)

《說文》：“油，水。出武陵孱陵西，東南〔北〕入江。从水，由聲。”

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

乍 Sound component

zhà, zuò suddenly

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔr'aːɡs
	zreːb