腰花 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yāohuā

pig kidney

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

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

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化 Sound component

huà change

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwae	qʷʰˤra	flower (n.)