姆佬
Mǔ​lǎo

Mulao

姆 mǔ woman looking after children

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 母 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
母
母 Sound component
mǔ mother

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmuwXməʔ female teacher in harem

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

佬 lǎo, liáo (Cant.) man

An old 老 person 亻; 老 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
老
老 SoundMeaning component
lǎo old

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode