煤屑
méi​xiè

coal dust

煤 méi coal

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

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
某
某 Sound component
mǒu certain thing or person

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmwojmˤəsoot; coal
Zhengzhangmɯː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

屑 xiè bits

Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

尸
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsets-lˤi[t]detail, trifle; fragment
Zhengzhangslɯːd
sluːd
Unicodeset

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica