懂哥
dǒng​gē

know-it-all

懂 dǒng understand

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 董 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

董
董 Sound component
dǒng, zhǒng supervise

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːŋʔ

Sources

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

哥 gē, ge elder brother

Original meaning: to sing

Duplicate of 可, which has a similar sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

可
可 Sound component
kě able to
可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3)

歌謌𬤐

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːl
Unicodegɑ

說文解字

《說文》：“哥，聲也。从二可。古文以為謌字。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)