róng​zhā

slag

róng melt

To form hot metal  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Meaning component
róng contain; appearance

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhā refuse

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
chá investigate

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang