靠谱
kào​pǔ

probable

靠 kào lean on

Original meaning: conflict

Phonosemantic compound. 非 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "conflict". The meaning later shifted to "lean against".

Components

告
告 Sound component
gào tell
非
非 Meaning component
fēi not
Change in meaning
非 hints at the original meaning of 靠, "conflict", which is no longer the most common meaning of 靠 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰuːɡs

說文解字

《說文》：“靠，相違也。从非，告聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

谱 pǔ register Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 普 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譜.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

普
普 Sound component
pǔ universal

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

譜 register Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
普
普 Sound component
pǔ universal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːʔ

說文解字

籍録也。从言普聲。《史記》从並。

Sources

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