dí​mó

flute membrane

bamboo flute

A bamboo ⺮ flute 

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
Meaning component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdeklˤiwkflute
Zhengzhangl'ɯːwɢ
Unicodedhek

說文解字

七孔筩也。从竹由聲。羌笛三孔。

Sources

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

membrane

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaː
maːɡ

說文解字

肉閒胲膜也。从肉莫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica