贡士
gòng​shì

tribute scholar

贡 gòng offer tribute Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貢.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

唝

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

士 shì, shi scholar, soldier

Pictograph of the head of an axe. Used to represent a soldier.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

在仕悫

Meaning (3)

壮毐壯

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzriX[m-s-]rəʔ officer; gentleman

說文解字

《說文》：“士，事也。數始於一，終於十。从一，从十。孔子曰：‘推十合一為士。’”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.59-60
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

貢 gòng offer tribute Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

槓嗊

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuwngH[k]ˤom-stribute
Zhengzhangkoːŋs
Unicodegùng

說文解字

獻功也。从貝工聲。

Sources

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