群嘲
qún​cháo

deride group

群 qún group, flock

Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 君 represents the sound.

Components

君
君 Sound component
jūn ruler
羊
羊 Meaning component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjun[g]ur flock, herd, group

說文解字

《說文》：“羣，輩也。从羊，君聲。”

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)

嘲 cháo ridicule

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
朝
朝 Sound component
cháo, zhāo dynasty

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'eːw
Unicodedjau

說文解字

謔也。从口朝聲。《漢書》通用啁。

Sources

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