呆账 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

dāizhàng

bad debt

dāi dull, stupid

Depicts the mouth (口) being stuck and not moving, like wood (木), representing someone stupid or expressionless.

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

木 Iconic component

mù tree

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tɯː
	ŋɯː

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 长 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賬.

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

长 Sound component

zhǎng, cháng long

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

長 Sound component

zhǎng, cháng long

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	taŋs