痛殴
tòng'ōu

pummel

痛 tòng pain

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuwngHl̥ˤoŋ-s to be pained

說文解字

《說文》：“痛，病也。从疒，甬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

殴 ōu, oū, kōu beat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 殳 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 毆.

Components

殳
殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

毆 beat Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 殳 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components

殳
殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
區
區 Sound component
qū area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːʔ

說文解字

捶毄物也。从殳區聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)