躲债
duǒ​zhài

evade debt

躲 duǒ hide

Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 朵 represents the sound.

Components

身
身 Meaning component
shēn body
朵
朵 Sound component
duo, duǒ flower

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːlʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

债 zhài debt Simplified

A person's 亻 duty 责; 责 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
责
责 SoundMeaning component
zé responsibility

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

債 zhài debt Traditional

A person's 亻 duty 責; 責 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
責
責 SoundMeaning component
zé responsibility

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrɛHs-tˤrek-sdebt
Zhengzhangʔsreːɡs
ʔsreːɡ
Unicodejrɛi

說文解字

債負也。从人、責，責亦聲。

Sources

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