撞 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

zhuàng HSK5

knock against

approved by Peter Olson · Jan 14, 2022, 12:44 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 14, 2022, 12:44 AM

verify

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

童 Sound component

Change in sound

撞 and 童 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	draewng	[N-t]ˤ<r>oŋ	strike
	draewngH	N-tˤ<r>oŋ-s	strike

《說文》：“撞，卂擣也。从手，童聲。”