船袜
chuán​wà

no-show socks

船 chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywenCə.lo[n] boat

說文解字

《說文》：“船，舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。”

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)

袜 wà socks Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 末 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襪.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

末
末 Sound component
mò end
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːd

Sources

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

襪 wà socks Traditional

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

clothes

蔑
蔑 Sound component
miè disdain
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmad
Unicodemiæt

Sources

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