bèi​kǎo

bake

bèi dry over slow fire

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbwojH[b]ˤə-sbake, roast [not in GSR]
Zhengzhangbɯːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

kǎo bake, roast

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Sound component
kǎo examine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluːʔ

Sources

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