咕咾肉
gū​lǎo​ròu

sweet and sour pork

咕 gu mumble

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
古
古 Sound component
gǔ old

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

咾 lǎo a noise

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

老
老 Sound component
lǎo old

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

肉 ròu meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (5)

有多将骨將

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

腐脔胬臠

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuwkk.nuk meat, flesh

說文解字

《說文》：“肉，胾肉。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.338
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)