磋磨
cuō​mó

hone

磋 cuō polish

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

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
差
差 Sound component
chà, chā, chāi to differ

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsha[tsʰ]ˤajfile, polish (v.)
Zhengzhangsʰlaːl
Unicodetsɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

磨 mó, mo, mò grind

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

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
麻
麻 Sound component
má, ma hemp

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蘑耱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmamˤajrub, grind
maHmˤaj-sgrinding stone
Zhengzhangmaːl
maːls
Unicodemɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica