← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Nov 2, 2021, 02:43 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 2, 2021, 02:43 PM
Changed fields: historicalPronunciations
Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惡.
Components
yà Asia, sub-
Change in sound
恶 and 亚 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in Old Chinese.
恶 *ʔˤak-s
亚 *ʔˤrak-s Historical Pronunciations