āo​fū

puffed grain

áo cook down

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

is a component form of .

Sound component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngawŋˤawfry, roast (v.)
Zhengzhangŋaːw
qaːw

說文解字

乾煎也。从火敖聲。

Sources

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

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk

grain

Sound component
captive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰuw

說文解字

𥢶也。从禾孚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica