dǒu​qiào

precipitous

dǒu steep

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

is a component form of .

Sound component
zǒu walk

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

qiào steep

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain
Sound component
xiào look like

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰews

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang