胚芽鞘 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pēiyáqiào

coleoptile

pēi embryo

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

flesh

丕 Sound component

pī great

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pʰɯː

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

yá bud

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngæ	m-ɢˤ<r>a	shoot, sprout
Zhengzhang		ŋraː
Unicode	nga

說文解字

萌芽也。从艸牙聲。

Sources

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

qiào, shāo scabbard

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sreːw
		slewɢs
Unicode	shrau

說文解字

刀室也。从革肖聲。

Sources

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

胚 pēi embryo

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

芽 yá bud

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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鞘 qiào, shāo scabbard

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

Sources

pēi embryo

yá bud

qiào, shāo scabbard