跌打药 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

diē stumble

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

失 Sound Meaning component

shī lose

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	det	lˤi[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
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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

Character Evolution

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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)

yào medicine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 约 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藥.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

约 Sound component

yuē agreement

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yào medicine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 樂 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

樂 Sound component

lè, yuè happy, music

Change in sound

藥 and 樂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
藥 yak
樂 lak

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yak	m-r[e]wk	medicinal plant

說文解字

《說文》：“藥，治病艸。从艸，樂聲。”

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)

跌 diē stumble

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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打 dǎ, da strike

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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药 yào medicine Simplified

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藥 yào medicine Traditional

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說文解字

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diē stumble

dǎ, da strike

yào medicine Simplified

yào medicine Traditional