摸爬滚打 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

mōpágǔndǎ

season

mō, mo touch with hand

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

莫 Sound component

mò, mo do not

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	maː
	maːɡ

Sources

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

pá crawl, climb

Phonosemantic compound. 爪 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.

Components

爪 Meaning component

zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw

巴 Sound component

ba, bā to wish

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bae	[b]ˤra	climb on all fours

Sources

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

gǔn turn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 衮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

衮 Sound component

gǔn imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kluːnʔ

Sources

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

dǎ, da strike

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

打 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
打 děng
丁 teng

Character Evolution

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Component uses

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咑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rteŋʔ
		teːŋʔ
Unicode	děng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“打，擊也。从手，丁聲。”

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)

gǔn turn Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 袞 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

袞 Sound component

imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese
Unicode	guən

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

摸 mō, mo touch with hand

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爬 pá crawl, climb

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滚 gǔn turn Simplified

Components

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打 dǎ, da strike

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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滾 gǔn turn Traditional

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

mō, mo touch with hand

pá crawl, climb

gǔn turn Simplified

dǎ, da strike

gǔn turn Traditional