shùn​mó

nictitating membrane

shùn wink

Components

Meaning component
eye

eye

Sound component
shùn legendary ruler

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljuns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

membrane

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaː
maːɡ

說文解字

肉閒胲膜也。从肉莫聲。

Sources

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