磅蛋糕 bàngdàngāo pound cake Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 磅 bàng pound Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 旁 旁 Sound component páng side Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpʰaːŋpʰraːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 蛋 dàn eggs Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Components 延 延 SoundRemnant component yán delay Change in sound 蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 蛋 l'aːns 延 *la[n] 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangl'aːns Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 糕 gāo cakes Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 羔 represents the sound. Components 米 米 Meaning component mǐ rice 羔 羔 Sound component gāo lamb Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkluː Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang