Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kaw | Cə.kˤaw | lard (n.) |
| kawH | [k]ˤaw-s | smear with lard (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“膏，肥也。从肉，高聲。”
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)