hūn​mào

senile

hūn, hǔn, mèn confused

Night falling on the mind  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
SoundMeaning component
hūn, hún twilight

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghmɯːn
hmɯːnʔ
hmɯːns

說文解字

不憭也。从心昬聲。

Sources

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

mào elderly person

Components

Meaning component
lǎo old

old

Sound component
máo, mao hair

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːws
Unicodemɑ̀u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang