袖扣
xiù​kòu

cufflink

袖 xiù sleeve

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

由
由 Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjuwHsə.[l]u-ssleeve
Zhengzhangljɯwɢs
Unicodeziòu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

扣 kòu knock

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 口 represents the sound. Simplified form of 釦.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

口
口 Sound component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

筘

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːʔ
kʰoːs
Unicodekǒu
kòu

說文解字

牽馬也。从手口聲。

Sources

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