拌蒜
bàn​suàn

stagger

拌 bàn mix

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːn
baːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

蒜 suàn garlic

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

herb

祘
祘 Sound component
suàn to calculate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswanH[s]ˤor-sgarlic
Zhengzhangsloːns

說文解字

葷菜。从艸祘聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)