斜坡
xié​pō

slope

斜 xié slanting

Phonosemantic compound. 斗 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle
余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglja
laː
Unicodezia

說文解字

杼也。从斗余聲。讀若荼。

Sources

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

坡 pō slope

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːl
Unicodepɑ

說文解字

阪也。从土皮聲。

Sources

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