脱皮掉肉 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tuō take off Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脫.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

脱 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脱 *lˤot-s
兑 *lˤot-s

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dwajH	lˤot-s	easy, leisurely
	dwat	lˤot	remove outer covering
	thwat	mə-l̥ˤot	peel off

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

pí skin

Pictograph of a hand (又) peeling off the skin from an animal.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts an animal with its skin being peeled off.

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (5 of 15 verified)

被破波彼坡颇玻疲披簸跛陂铍帔頗

Meaning (0 of 7 verified)

皱披皴皲皰皺皻

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bje	m-[p](r)aj	skin

說文解字

《說文》：“皮，剝取獸革者謂之皮。从又，為省聲。，古文皮。，籀文皮。”

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)

diào fall, drop

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卓 Sound component

zhuó, zhuō profound

Change in sound

掉 and 卓 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
掉 dhèu
卓 traewk

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		deːwʔ
		deːwɢs
		rneːwɢ
Unicode	dhèu

說文解字

《說文》：“掉，搖也。从手，卓聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘尾大不掉。’”

Sources

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

ròu meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyuwk	k.nuk	meat, flesh

說文解字

《說文》：“肉，胾肉。象形。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.338
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

tuō take off Traditional

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

脫 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脫 *lˤot-s
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“脫，消肉臞也。从肉，兌聲。”

Sources

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

脱 tuō take off Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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皮 pí skin

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (5 of 15 verified)

Meaning (0 of 7 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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掉 diào fall, drop

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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肉 ròu meat

Character Evolution

Component uses

Iconic (5)

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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脫 tuō take off Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

tuō take off Simplified

pí skin

diào fall, drop

ròu meat

tuō take off Traditional