挖墙脚
wā​qiáng​jiǎo

poach

挖 wā dig

To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
穵
穵 SoundMeaning component
wā, yà deep hollow

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷriːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

墙 qiáng wall Simplified

Simplified form of 牆. Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.

Components

土
土 Simplified component
tǔ earth

Shorthand for the phonetic 爿 component in the traditional character 牆.

啬
啬 Iconic component
sè stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

脚 jiǎo leg Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 却 represents the sound. Simplified form of 腳.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

却
却 Sound component
què but

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjak[k]ak leg, foot

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

牆 qiáng wall Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.

Components

爿
爿 Sound component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
嗇
嗇 Iconic component
stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzaŋ
Unicodedzhiɑng

說文解字

《說文》：“牆，垣蔽也。从嗇，爿聲。，籀文从二禾；，籀文亦从二來。”

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)

腳 jiǎo leg Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卻 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卻
卻 Sound component
què but

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjak[k]ak leg, foot

說文解字

《說文》：“腳，脛也。从肉，卻聲。”

Sources

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