蹲膘
dūn​biāo

fatten livestock

蹲 dūn squat

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尊
尊 Sound component
zūn respect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzuːn
Unicodedzhuən

說文解字

《說文》：“蹲，踞也。从足，尊聲。”

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

膘 biāo fat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臕.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangprew
pʰewʔ
bewʔ
spewʔ

說文解字

牛脅後髀前合革肉也。从肉𤐫聲。讀若繇。

Sources

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