烘托
hōng​tuō HSK7

set off

烘 hōng bake

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

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰloːŋ
qʰloːŋs
ɡoːŋ
ɡloːŋs

說文解字

尞也。从火共聲。《詩》曰：“卭烘于煁。”

Sources

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

托 tuō to hold up, support

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːɡ

Sources

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