雕琢 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

diāozhuó

carve

diāo engrave

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tew	tˤiw	bird of prey
Zhengzhang		tɯːw
Unicode	deu

說文解字

鷻也。从隹周聲。

Sources

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

zuó polish jade

Components

王 Meaning component

wáng king

jade

豖 Sound component

chù a shackled pig

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	rtoːɡ

說文解字

治玉也。从玉豖聲。

Sources

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