碩 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shuò

great

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the sound and 頁 represents the meaning.

Components

shí stone

Change in sound

碩 and 石 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
碩 dzyek
石 dzyek

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyek	[d]Ak	great, stately

《說文》：“碩，頭大也。从頁，石聲。”

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the sound and 页 represents the meaning. Simplified form of 碩.

石 Sound component

shí stone

Change in sound

硕 and 石 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
硕 dzyek
石 dzyek

页 Meaning component

yè page