糟糕
zāo​gāo HSK5

terrible

糟 zāo sediment, rotten, ruined

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
曹
曹 Sound component
cáo plaintiff and defendant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsaw[ts]ˤu dregs

說文解字

《說文》：“糟，酒滓也。从米，曹聲。，籀文从酉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

糕 gāo cakes

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 羔 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
羔
羔 Sound component
gāo lamb

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkluː

Sources

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