矮矬
ǎi​cuó

short

矮 ǎi short

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.

Components

矢
矢 Meaning component
shǐ arrow
委
委 Sound component
wěi bent, winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːlʔ

說文解字

《說文新附》：“矮，短人也。从矢，委聲。”

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)

矬 cuó a dwarf

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound.

Components

矢
矢 Meaning component
shǐ arrow
坐
坐 Sound component
zuò sit

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzoːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang