茶砖
chá​zhuān

tea brick

茶 chá tea

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

余
余 Sound component
yú I
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraelˤra(name of a plant)

Sources

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

砖 zhuān tile Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 专 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磚.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
专
专 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

磚 zhuān tile Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
專
專 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang