蛋糕店 dàngāodiàn cake shop Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蛋 dàn eggs Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound. Components 延 延 SoundRemnant 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 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangl'aːns Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 糕 gāo cakes Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 羔 represents the sound. Components 米 米 Meaning component mǐ rice 羔 羔 Sound component gāo lamb Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkluː Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 店 diàn shop Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Components 广 广 Meaning component guǎng roof 占 占 Sound component zhàn divine Change in sound 店 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 店 *tˤem-s 占 *tem Component uses Sound (0 of 3 verified) 惦掂踮 Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseGlossBaxter-SagarttemHtˤem-s shop [not in GSR] Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Baxter-Sagart