耽搁
dān​ge HSK7

delay

耽 dān indulge in

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 躭.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttom[t-q]ˤ[ə]mtake pleasure
Zhengzhangʔl'uːm
Unicodedom

說文解字

耳大垂也。从耳冘聲。《詩》曰：“士之耽兮。”

Sources

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

搁 gē, ge place Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 阁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擱.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

阁
阁 Sound component
gé chamber

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

擱 gē, ge place Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

閣
閣 Sound component
chamber

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang