凋
diāo

be withered

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttewtˤiwwither (v.)
Zhengzhangtɯːw
Unicodedeu
deu

說文解字

半傷也。从仌周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)