diē​dàng

undulating

diē stumble

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
SoundMeaning component
shī lose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdetlˤi[t] stumble

說文解字

《說文》:“跌,踼也。从足,失聲。一曰越也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

dàng stone quarry

A tunnel  made in stone 

Components

Meaning component
mián roof
Meaning component
shí stone

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːŋs

說文解字

過也。一曰洞屋。从宀,碭省聲。汝南項有宕鄉。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica