煤渣
méi​zhā

cinders

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

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

渣 zhā refuse

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

查
查 Sound component
chá investigate

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang