跟踪骚扰
gēn​zōng​sāo​rǎo

stalking

跟 gēn heel

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːn

說文解字

《說文》：“跟，足踵也。从足，聲。，跟或从止。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

踪 zōng footprints Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹤.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
宗
宗 Sound component
zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsoŋ

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

骚 sāo, sǎo, xiāo harass Simplified

A flea 蚤 biting a horse 马; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
蚤
蚤 SoundMeaning component
zǎo, zhǎo flea

Sources

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扰 rǎo disturb Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 憂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擾.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尤
尤 Simplified component
yóu especially

Shorthand for the phonetic 憂 component in the traditional character 擾.

Sources

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蹤 zōng footprints Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 從 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
從
從 Sound component
cóng, cōng from

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsloŋ
Unicodetziong

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

騷 harass Traditional

A flea 蚤 biting a horse 馬; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
蚤
蚤 SoundMeaning component
zǎo, zhǎo flea

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsaw[s]ˤudisturb
Zhengzhangsuː
Unicodesɑu

說文解字

擾也。一曰摩馬。从馬蚤聲。

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擾 rǎo disturb Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

憂
憂 Sound component
yōu sad

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjiwʔ
Unicodenjiɛ̌u

說文解字

《說文》：“，煩也。从手，夒聲。”

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)