订做
dìng​zuò

custom-make

订 dìng draw up agreement Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訂.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

做 zuò work

做 originated as a variant form of 作.

Components

作
作 SoundMeaning component
zuò make

The right half of 作 was corrupted to look like unrelated 古.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 作 than it was in ancient scripts.
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

夂 is a component form of 攴.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːɡs

Sources

Character origin
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

訂 dìng draw up agreement Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteːŋs
tʰeːŋ
deːŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“訂，平議也。从言，丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)