敲碗
qiāo​wǎn

eagerly await

敲 qiāo strike

Phonosemantic compound. 攴 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.

Components

高
高 Sound component
gāo high
攴
攴 Meaning component
pū tap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰraːw
kʰraːws
Unicodekau

說文解字

《說文》：“敲，橫擿也。从攴，高聲。”

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)

碗 wǎn bowl

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 宛 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
宛
宛 Sound component
wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːnʔ

Sources

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