茶缸
chá​gāng

mug

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

缸 gāng earthen jug

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery
工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːŋ
ɡroːŋ

說文解字

瓦也。从缶工聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)