shuòShuò

act as go-between

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpljewɢ
bljewɢ

說文解字

酌也,斟酌二姓也。从女勺聲。

Sources

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