蹴鞠
cù​jū

cuju

蹴 cù kick

To approach 就 in one leap 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation

Components

足
足 SoundMeaning component
zú foot
就
就 Meaning component
jiù just，then

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsuɡ
sʰuɡ
Unicodetziuk
tsiuk

說文解字

躡也。从足就聲。

Sources

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

鞠 jū bow

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather

leather

匊
匊 Sound component
jū handful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkuɡ
kʰuɡ
ɡuɡ
Unicodegiuk

說文解字

蹋鞠也。从革匊聲。

Sources

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