Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Used as a variant of 答.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | top | [t]ˤ[ə]p | small bean |
說文解字
《說文》：“荅，小尗也。从艸，合聲。”
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)