一团乱糟 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yī one

A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jit	ʔi[t]	one

說文解字

《說文》：“一，惟初太始，道立於一，造分天地，化成萬物。弌，古文一。”

Sources

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

tuán ball Simplified

Simplified form of 團. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

才 Simplified component

cái, cai talent

Shorthand for the 專 component in the traditional character 團.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

luàn confusion, mess Simplified

Original meaning: untangle threads

Simplified form of 亂. Originally written as 𤔔, which depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame. 乚 was later added as a distinguishing mark. The meaning later shifted to "mess" and "confusion".

Components

舌 Simplified component

shé tongue

Shorthand for the 𤔔 component in the traditional character 亂.

乚 Distinguishing component

yǐn, yà turning stroke

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.960漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

zāo sediment, rotten, ruined

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

曹 Sound component

cáo plaintiff and defendant

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsaw	[ts]ˤu	dregs

說文解字

《說文》：“糟，酒滓也。从米，曹聲。，籀文从酉。”

Sources

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

tuán ball Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

專 Sound component

zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

糰

Meaning (1)

糰

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dwan	C.[d]ˤon	round, plenty

說文解字

《說文》：“團，圜也。从囗，專聲。”

Sources

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

luàn confusion, mess Traditional

Original meaning: untangle threads

Originally written as 𤔔, which depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame. 乚 was later added as a distinguishing mark. The meaning later shifted to "mess" and "confusion".