蹬腿
dēng​tuǐ

die

蹬 dēng step on

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːŋ
dɯːŋs
Unicodedhə̀ng

說文解字

蹭蹬也。从足登聲。

Sources

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

腿 tuǐ legs

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 退 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

退
退 Sound component
tuì retreat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰuːlʔ

Sources

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