háo​mài

heroic

háo brave

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shǐ pig
Sound component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaw[g]ˤawprocupine; shaggy animal
Zhengzhangɡaːw
Unicodehɑu

Sources

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

mài take a big stride Simplified

To take ten thousand  steps 

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk
Meaning component
wàn ten thousand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

mài take a big stride Traditional

To take ten thousand  steps 

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk
Meaning component
wàn ten thousand

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmæjHmˤrat-sproceed, march
Zhengzhangmraːds
Unicodemài

說文解字

遠行也。从辵,蠆省聲。

Sources

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