斥骂
chì​mà

scold

斥 chì to scold

Original meaning: develop new land

Phonosemantic compond: 广 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound. Originally a variant form of 宅, based on the original meaning "to develop new land". The meaning later shifted to "expand", "get rid of", "rebuff", and "scold".

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 乇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

诉拆坼訴

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhektʰAk rebuff; salty soil

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.724-725漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

骂 mà scold Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 吅 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 罵.

Components

吅
吅 Meaning component
xuān, sòng noise

mouth

马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

罵 mà scold Traditional

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

Components

网
网 Meaning component
wǎng net

Represents "catching" someone with words.

馬
馬 Sound component
mǎ horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmaeHC.mˤra-s scold, revile

說文解字

《說文》：“罵，詈也。从网，馬聲。”

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)