滚蛋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gǔndàn

get out

gǔn turn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 衮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

衮 Sound component

gǔn imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kluːnʔ

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延 Sound Remnant component

yán delay

Change in sound

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蛋 l'aːns
延 *la[n]

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

gǔn turn Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

袞 Sound component

imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese
Unicode	guən

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

滚 gǔn turn Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

蛋 dàn eggs

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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滾 gǔn turn Traditional

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

gǔn turn Simplified

dàn eggs

gǔn turn Traditional