跋扈
bá​hù

domineering

跋 bá, bèi go by foot

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot

foot

犮
犮 Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangboːd
Unicodebhɑt

說文解字

蹎跋也。从足犮聲。

Sources

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

扈 hù escort

Phonosemantic compound. 邑 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound.

Components

邑
邑 Meaning component
yì, è city
户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

滬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuXm-qˤaʔto stop
Zhengzhangɡʷaːʔ
Unicodehǒ

說文解字

夏后同姓所封，戰於甘者。在鄠，有扈谷、甘亭。从邑戶聲。

Sources

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