玛瑙 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mǎnǎo

agate

mǎ agate stone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑪.

yù jade

马 Sound component

mǎ horse

王 Meaning component

wáng king

jade

𡿺 Sound component

nǎo brain

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		nuːʔ
Unicode	nɑ̌u

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound.

yù jade

馬 Sound component

mǎ horse

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		mraːʔ
Unicode	mǎ