瞪鞋摇滚 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

dèngxiéyáogǔn

shoegaze

dèng stare at

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound.

Components

目 Meaning component

mù eye

登 Sound component

dēng rise

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	dɯŋ
	dɯŋs
	rdɯːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

xié shoes

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

圭 Sound component

guī jade pointed at top

Change in sound

鞋 and 圭 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
鞋 *[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)
圭 *[k]ʷˤe

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hea	[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)	shoe

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

yáo wag, shake Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搖.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

䍃 Sound component

yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese
Unicode	iɛu

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

gǔn turn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 衮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

衮 Sound component

gǔn imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kluːnʔ

Sources

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

yáo wag, shake Traditional

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

䍃 Sound component

yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yew	law	shake

說文解字

《說文》：“搖，動也。从手，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

gǔn turn Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 袞 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

袞 Sound component

imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese
Unicode	guən

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

瞪 dèng stare at

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鞋 xié shoes

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摇 yáo wag, shake Simplified

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滚 gǔn turn Simplified

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搖 yáo wag, shake Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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滾 gǔn turn Traditional

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dèng stare at

xié shoes

yáo wag, shake Simplified

gǔn turn Simplified

yáo wag, shake Traditional

gǔn turn Traditional