腰窝 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yāowō

back dimples

yāo waist

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

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

要 Sound component

yào, yāo want

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jiew	ʔew	waist

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

cave

呙 Sound component

guō, wāi, hé chat

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound.

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

咼 Sound component

chat

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qloːl