盯住
dīng​zhù

mark

盯 dīng rivet gaze upon

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrteŋʔ
rdeŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

住 zhù reside

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjuHdro(ʔ)-s stop (v.)

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart