举棋不定 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jǔ, ju raise Simplified

Simplified form of 舉. Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Change in form

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

兴 Simplified component

xìng, xīng rise, flourish

Shorthand for the 與 component in the traditional character 舉.

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榉

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Readings & variants: Unicode

qí chess

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Simplified form of 碁.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

其 Sound component

qí its, his, (3p possessive)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gi	[ɡ](r)ə	chess, board game
Zhengzhang		ɡɯ
Unicode	ghiə

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

bù, bu no

Original meaning: sepals

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjuw	pə	not
	pjuw	pə	不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)

說文解字

《說文》：“不，鳥飛上翔不下來也。从一，一猶天也。象形。”

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)

dìng settle

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

正 Sound component

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Change in sound

定 and 正 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
定 *tˤeŋ-s
正 *teŋ-s

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绽淀锭啶碇靛腚錠綻

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dengH	N-tˤeŋ-s	become fixed; settled (v.i.)
	dengH	m-tˤeŋ-s	make fixed, settle (v.t.)
	tengH	tˤeŋ-s	ready-cooked (food)

說文解字

《說文》：“定，安也。从宀，从正。”

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)

jǔ, ju raise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Change in form

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

與 Sound component

yǔ, yù together with

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櫸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjoX	C.q(r)aʔ	lift, raise
	kjoX	[k](r)aʔ	all

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica

举 jǔ, ju raise Simplified

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棋 qí chess

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不 bù, bu no

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Sound (3 of 5 verified)

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Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

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定 dìng settle

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舉 jǔ, ju raise Traditional

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jǔ, ju raise Simplified

qí chess

bù, bu no

dìng settle

jǔ, ju raise Traditional