酥脆 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sūcuì

crispy

sū butter

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 酉 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

酉 Sound component

yǒu wine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sŋaː

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

cuì crisp

Something dangerous 危 to one's flesh ⺼

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

危 Meaning component

wēi dangerous

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjwejH	[tsʰ]o[t]-s	brittle
Zhengzhang		sʰods
Unicode	tsiuɛ̀i

Sources

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