烹茶
pēng​chá

brew tea

烹 pēng boil

Components

亨
亨 Sound component
hēng, xiǎng, pēng smoothly
灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

fire

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphæng[p.qʰ]ˤraŋboil (v.)
Zhengzhangpqʰraːŋ
Unicodepæng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

茶 chá tea

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

余
余 Sound component
yú I
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraelˤra(name of a plant)

Sources

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