腿腕
tuǐ​wàn

ankle

腿 tuǐ legs

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

退
退 Sound component
tuì retreat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰuːlʔ

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

腕 wàn wrist

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

宛
宛 Sound component
wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːns
Unicodequɑ̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang