调皮捣蛋 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

调 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
调 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

pí skin

Pictograph of a hand (又) peeling off the skin from an animal.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts an animal with its skin being peeled off.

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Sound (5 of 15 verified)

被破波彼坡颇玻疲披簸跛陂铍帔頗

Meaning (0 of 7 verified)

皱披皴皲皰皺皻

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bje	m-[p](r)aj	skin

說文解字

《說文》：“皮，剝取獸革者謂之皮。从又，為省聲。，古文皮。，籀文皮。”

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)

dǎo hull Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 岛 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搗.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

岛 Sound component

dǎo island

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延 Sound Remnant 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 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Sources

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

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

調 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
調 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	[d]ˤiw	tune (v.), adjust

說文解字

《說文》：“調，和也。从言，周聲。”

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)

dǎo hull Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 島 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

島 Sound component

dǎo island

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	taːwʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

调 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

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皮 pí skin

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (5 of 15 verified)

Meaning (0 of 7 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

捣 dǎo hull Simplified

Components

Sources

蛋 dàn eggs

Components

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調 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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搗 dǎo hull Traditional

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

pí skin

dǎo hull Simplified

dàn eggs

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

dǎo hull Traditional