袜 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

wà HSK4

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

Components

衤 Meaning component

衤 is a component form of 衣.

末 Sound component

Change in sound

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

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	maːd