馱
duòtuó HSK7

carry on back

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
大
大 Sound component
dà, dài big

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːl
daːds

說文解字

負物也。从馬大聲。此俗語也。

Sources

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

驮 tuó carry on back Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound. Simplified form of 馱.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
大
大 Sound component
dà, dài big

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode