浑脱 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

húntuō

leather float

hún muddy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 渾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

军 Sound component

jūn army

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

tuō take off Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脫.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

脱 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脱 *lˤot-s
兑 *lˤot-s

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dwajH	lˤot-s	easy, leisurely
	dwat	lˤot	remove outer covering
	thwat	mə-l̥ˤot	peel off

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

hún muddy Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

軍 Sound component

jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwon	[ɡ]ˤ[u]r	chaotic
	hwonX	[ɡ]ˤurʔ	chaotic
Zhengzhang		ɡuːn
		ɡuːnʔ
Unicode	huən
	huə̌n

說文解字

混流聲也。从水軍聲。一曰洿下皃。

Sources

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

tuō take off Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

脫 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脫 *lˤot-s
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“脫，消肉臞也。从肉，兌聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

浑 hún muddy Simplified

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脱 tuō take off Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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渾 hún muddy Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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脫 tuō take off Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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hún muddy Simplified

tuō take off Simplified

hún muddy Traditional

tuō take off Traditional