雄酯酮
xióng​zhǐ​tóng

testosterone

雄 xióng male of species

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 厷 represents the sound.

Components

厷
厷 Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjuwng[ɢ]ʷəŋ male

說文解字

《說文》：“雄，鳥父也。从隹，厷聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

酯 zhǐ ester

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

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
旨
旨 Sound component
zhǐ purpose

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

酮 tóng, dòng, chóng ketones

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

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
同
同 Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
doːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang