掼蛋
guàn​dàn

guandan

掼 guàn throw ground Simplified

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

贯
贯 Sound component
guàn a string of 1000 coins

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蛋 dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延
延 SoundRemnant component
yán delay
Change in sound
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːns

Sources

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

摜 throw ground Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwænHkˤro[n]-saccustomed to
Zhengzhangkroːns

說文解字

習也。从手貫聲。《春秋傳》曰：“摜瀆鬼神。”

Sources

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