踢球 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tīqiú

play football

tī kick

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

足 Meaning component

zú foot

易 Sound component

yì easy

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰeːɡ

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求 Sound component

qiú seek

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuw	[g](r)[u]	'ball'?

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”