脫 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

tuō HSK4

take off

approved by Peter Olson · Nov 14, 2021, 02:48 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 14, 2021, 02:48 AM

old phone

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Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兌 Sound component

Change in sound

脫 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Regular Modern

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《說文》：“脫，消肉臞也。从肉，兌聲。”