瞎扯蛋 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

xiāchědàn

talk nonsense

xiā blind

To damage 害 one's eyes 目; 害 also provides the pronunciation

Components

目 Meaning component

mù eye

害 Sound Meaning component

hài, hai injure

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qʰraːd

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

chě, che rip up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撦.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

止 Sound component

zhǐ (foot), stop

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰjaːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延 Sound Remnant component

yán delay

Change in sound

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蛋 l'aːns
延 *la[n]

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Sources

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

瞎 xiā blind

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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扯 chě, che rip up

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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蛋 dàn eggs

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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xiā blind

chě, che rip up

dàn eggs