遭殃
zāo​yāng HSK7

suffer

遭 zāo come across

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

曹
曹 Sound component
cáo plaintiff and defendant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsawtsˤuencounter (v.)
Zhengzhangʔsluː
Unicodetzɑu

說文解字

遇也。从辵曹聲。一曰邐行。

Sources

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

殃 yāng misfortune

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjangʔaŋcalamity
Zhengzhangqaŋ

說文解字

咎也。从歺央聲。

Sources

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