三自爱国教会 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sān three

Three horizontal strokes, representing the number three.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Sound (2 of 4 verified)

参仨闫參

Meaning (2 of 4 verified)

参叁仨參

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sam	s.rum (s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 s-?)	three
	samH	s.r[u]m-s (s.r- > s-, infl. by 四 *s-?)	three times

說文解字

《說文》：“三，天地人之道也。从三數。弎，古文三从弋。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.51
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zì (nose), self

Original meaning: nose

Pictograph of a nose. Original form of 鼻 (nose). In China, when people point to themselves, they typically point to their nose.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzijH	s.[b]i[t]-s	self (adv.)
	dzijH	s.[b]i[t]-s	to follow; from

說文解字

《說文》：“自，鼻也。象鼻形。，古文自。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.272
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

ài love Simplified

Simplified form of 愛. Phonosemantic compound. 旡 represents the sound and 友 (friend) represents the meaning.

Components

旡 Sound component

jì choke on something eaten

Change in sound

爱 and 旡 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 旡 than it was in ancient scripts.

◎ Simplified component

characterless component

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

暧嗳嫒瑷𫣊

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

guó nation Simplified

Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

玉 Sound Simplified component

yù jade

Shorthand for the 或 component in the traditional character 國.

Change in sound

国 and 玉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
国 *[C.q]ʷˤək
玉 *[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?)

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

帼蝈掴

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Readings & variants: Unicode

jiào, jiāo teach

Depicts teaching a child (子) mathematics or divination (爻) using a rod (攵).

Components

爻 Sound Iconic component

yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ child

攵 Iconic component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaew	s.[k]ˤraw	teach
	kaewH	s.kˤraw-s	teaching; instruction

說文解字

《說文》：“教，上所施下所效也。从攴，从。，古文教；，亦古文教。”

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)

huì, kuài to gather Simplified

Simplified form of 會. Phonosemantic compound. 合 represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

合 Meaning Simplified component

hé to join

𡆧 Sound Simplified component

guó ironware

Change in sound

会 and 𡆧 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

绘刽荟桧烩脍狯哙浍鲙郐𬭇

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

侩

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.442
Readings & variants: Unicode

ài love Traditional

Originally a phonosemantic compound, with 旡 representing the sound and 心 (heart) representing the meaning. Later the 夂 component was added.

Components

兂 Sound component

zān hairpin

Change in sound

愛 and 兂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
愛 *[q]ˤə[p]-s
兂 ʔsrɯm

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 兂 than it was in ancient scripts.

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

夂 Unknown component

zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. The purpose of this component is unclear.

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

僾噯曖璦

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'ojH	[q]ˤə[p]-s	to love; to grudge (< ‘draw close to oneself’?)

說文解字

《說文》：“愛，行皃。从夊，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)

guó nation Traditional

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

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

或 Sound component

huò or

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膕幗蟈摑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwok	[C.q]ʷˤək	state (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“國，邦也。从囗，从或。”

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)

huì, kuài to gather Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 合 represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

合 Meaning component

hé to join

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 合 than it was in ancient scripts.

𡆧 Sound component

guó ironware

Change in sound

會 and 𡆧 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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Sound (2 of 11 verified)

劊癐噲膾廥檜燴繪𨭗薈鱠

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

儈廥

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwajH	m-kˤop-s	meeting; have a meeting
	hwajH	ɦʷˤajs (< *m-kˤop-s)	阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn)
	kwajH	kˤop-s	calculate; calculation

說文解字

《說文》：“會，合也。从亼，从曾省。曾，益也。令，古文會如此。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.442
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

三 sān three

Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Meaning (2 of 4 verified)

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自 zì (nose), self

Character Evolution

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Iconic (5)

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Meaning (3 of 4 verified)

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爱 ài love Simplified

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

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国 guó nation Simplified

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Sound (0 of 3 verified)

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教 jiào, jiāo teach

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会 huì, kuài to gather Simplified

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Sound (1 of 12 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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愛 ài love Traditional

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

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國 guó nation Traditional

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Sound (0 of 4 verified)

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會 huì, kuài to gather Traditional

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Sound (2 of 11 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

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說文解字

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sān three

zì (nose), self

ài love Simplified

guó nation Simplified

jiào, jiāo teach

huì, kuài to gather Simplified

ài love Traditional

guó nation Traditional

huì, kuài to gather Traditional