唤做
huàn​zuò

be called

唤 huàn, huan call Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 奂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 喚.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
奂
奂 Sound component
huàn be numerous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

做 zuò work

做 originated as a variant form of 作.

Components

作
作 SoundMeaning component
zuò make

The right half of 作 was corrupted to look like unrelated 古.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 作 than it was in ancient scripts.
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

夂 is a component form of 攴.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːɡs

Sources

Character origin
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

喚 huàn, huan call Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
奐
奐 Sound component
be numerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːns
Unicodehuɑ̀n

說文解字

𧦝也。从口奐聲。古通用奐。

Sources

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