拌炒 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

bànchǎo

stir-fry

bàn mix

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

半 Sound component

bàn half

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pʰaːn
	baːnʔ

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

少 Sound component

shǎo, shao, shào few

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsrhaewX	[tsʰ](ˤ)r[e]wʔ	to stir-fry