摹仿

摹 mó, mō trace

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

Components

手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaː

說文解字

規也。从手莫聲。

Sources

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

仿 fǎng imitate

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound. Simplified form of 彷.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaŋʔ

說文解字

相似也。从人方聲。

Sources

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