嘴硬
zuǐ​yìng

stubborn

嘴 zuǐ mouth

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
觜
觜 SoundMeaning component
zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔseʔ
Unicodetziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

硬 yìng hard

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
更
更 Sound component
gèng, gēng more

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡraːŋs
ŋɡraːŋs
Unicodengɛ̀ng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang