suǐ​qiào

myelin sheath

suǐ bone marrow

Components

Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone

bone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjweXs-lojʔmarrow
Zhengzhangslolʔ
Unicodesiuɛ̌

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

qiào, shāo scabbard

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
leather
Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːw
slewɢs
Unicodeshrau

說文解字

刀室也。从革肖聲。

Sources

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