蛤蟆夯
há​ma​hāng

tamper

蛤 há clam

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

蟆 ma frog

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟇.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmraː
Unicodema

說文解字

蝦蟆也。从虫莫聲。

Sources

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

夯 hāng, bèn heavy load

A load that takes great 大 strength 力

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode