靼
dá

tartars

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound.

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
旦
旦 Sound component
dàn dawn

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːd
tjad

說文解字

柔革也。从革，从旦聲。

Sources

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