蹲苦窑
dūn​kǔ​yáo

be jailed

蹲 dūn squat

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尊
尊 Sound component
zūn respect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzuːn
Unicodedzhuən

說文解字

《說文》：“蹲，踞也。从足，尊聲。”

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

苦 kǔ bitter

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

楛

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

楛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhuXkʰˤaʔ bitter

說文解字

大苦，苓也。从艸古聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

窑 yáo kiln Simplified

An oven 穴 where pots 缶 are fired; 缶 also provides the pronunciation

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
缶
缶 SoundMeaning component
fǒu pottery

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

窯 yáo kiln Traditional

An oven 穴 where lamb 羔 is cooked; 羔 also provides the pronunciation

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
羔
羔 SoundMeaning component
gāo lamb

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangluː

說文解字

燒瓦竈也。从穴羔聲。

Sources

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