脱肛 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tuōgāng

rectal prolapse

tuō take off Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脫.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

脱 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脱 *lˤot-s
兑 *lˤot-s

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dwajH	lˤot-s	easy, leisurely
	dwat	lˤot	remove outer covering
	thwat	mə-l̥ˤot	peel off

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

gāng anus

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 疘.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

工 Sound component

gōng work

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kroːŋ
	qʰroːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

tuō take off Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

脫 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脫 *lˤot-s
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“脫，消肉臞也。从肉，兌聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

脱 tuō take off Simplified

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肛 gāng anus

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脫 tuō take off Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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tuō take off Simplified

gāng anus

tuō take off Traditional