驼
tuó

a camel

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駝.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

駝 tuo, tuó a camel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
它
它 Sound component
tā it

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːl
Unicodedhɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica