掺和
chān​huo

interfere

掺 càn, chān, shǎn mix Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 参 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摻.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

参
参 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Sources

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和 hé, huo, he harmony

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 禾 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
禾
禾 Sound component
hé grain stalk

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwa[ɢ]ˤoj harmonious
hwaH[ɢ]ˤoj-s tune (instruments); respond in singing

說文解字

《說文》：“咊，相譍也。从口，禾聲。”

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)

摻 mix Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

參
參 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsruːm
sruːmʔ
Unicodeshræ̌m

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang