误打误撞 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wùdǎwùzhuàng

accidentally

wù, wu mistake Simplified

Simplified form of 誤. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吴 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

吴 Sound component

wú, yú, tūn one of warring states

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

dǎ, da strike

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

打 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
打 děng
丁 teng

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咑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rteŋʔ
		teːŋʔ
Unicode	děng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“打，擊也。从手，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)

zhuàng knock against

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

童 Sound component

tóng child

Change in sound

撞 and 童 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
撞 draewng
童 duwng

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	draewng	[N-t]ˤ<r>oŋ	strike
	draewngH	N-tˤ<r>oŋ-s	strike

說文解字

《說文》：“撞，卂擣也。从手，童聲。”

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)

wù, wu mistake Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

吳 Sound component

one of warring states

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nguH	ŋʷˤa-s	deceive; mistake

說文解字

《說文》：“誤，謬也。从言，吳聲。”

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)

误 wù, wu mistake Simplified

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打 dǎ, da strike

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撞 zhuàng knock against

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誤 wù, wu mistake Traditional

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wù, wu mistake Simplified

dǎ, da strike

zhuàng knock against

wù, wu mistake Traditional