默祷
mò​dǎo

silent prayer

默 mò silent

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the sound and 犬 represents the meaning.

Components

黑
黑 Sound component
hēi black
Change in sound
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Dogs are not able to speak.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“默，犬暫逐人也。从犬，黑聲。讀若墨。”

Sources

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

祷 dǎo pray Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 寿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 禱.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

禱 pray Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

壽
壽 Sound component
shòu old age

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawX[t]ˤuʔpray
Zhengzhangtuːʔ
tuːs
Unicodedɑ̀u
dɑ̌u

說文解字

告事求福也。从示壽聲。

Sources

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