磨擦 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mó, mo, mò grind

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

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

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

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ma	mˤaj	rub, grind
	maH	mˤaj-s	grinding stone
Zhengzhang		maːl
		maːls
Unicode	mɑ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

cā wipe

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 察 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

察 Sound component

chá examine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sʰlaːd

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang