磕碜
kē​chen

humiliate

磕 kē hit

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

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
盍
盍 Sound component
hé what? why not?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːb
kʰaːd
Unicodekɑp

說文解字

石聲。从石盍聲。

Sources

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

碜 chěn, cà gritty Simplified

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

stone

参
参 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

磣 gritty Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰrumʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang