跪叩 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

guìkòu

kowtow

guì kneel

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

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

危 Sound component

wēi dangerous

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjweX	[g](r)ojʔ	kneel; foot
Zhengzhang		kʰrolʔ
		ɡrolʔ
Unicode	ghyuɛ̌

說文解字

拜也。从足危聲。

Sources

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

kòu knock

Phonosemantic compound. 卩 represents the meaning and 口 represents the sound. Simplified form of 敂.

Components

卩 Meaning component

jié person kneeling

口 Sound component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khuwX	kʰˤ(r)oʔ	strike
	khuwH	kʰˤ(r)oʔ-s	strike (v.)
Zhengzhang		kʰoːʔ
Unicode	kǒu

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica