碰瓷
pèng​cí

staged accident scam

碰 pèng collide

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

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
並
並 Sound component
side by side

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

瓷 cí crockery

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound.

Components

瓦
瓦 Meaning component
wǎ earthenware
次
次 Sound component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzli

說文解字

瓦器。从瓦次聲。

Sources

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