zhāo​zhā

noisy clamor

cháo ridicule

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
cháo, zhāo dynasty

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'eːw
Unicodedjau

說文解字

謔也。从口朝聲。《漢書》通用啁。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhā

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
zhé, zhē, shé break off

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'eːd
Unicodedjɛt

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang