予以照顾 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yǔ give

Embellishment of the phonetically similar character 呂.

Components

pitchpipe

Change in sound

予 and 呂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
予 *laʔ
呂 *[r]aʔ

Change in form

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

亅 Distinguishing component

jué hook

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (6 of 10 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

抒纾紓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yo	laʔ	I, we
	yoX	laʔ	give; together with

說文解字

《說文》：“予，推予也。象相予之形。”

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)

yǐ by means of

Original meaning: carry

Depicts a person (人) carrying something.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts something being carried.

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 4 verified)

似拟苡姒

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yiX	ləʔ	take, use

說文解字

《說文》：“，用也。从反已。賈侍中說，已，意已實也。象形。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.980
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhào shine

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 昭 represents the sound.

Components

灬 Meaning component

biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

昭 Sound Meaning component

zhāo, zhào bright

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyewH	taw-s	shine on

說文解字

《說文》：“照，明也。从火，昭聲。”

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)

gù look back, look after Simplified

Simplified form of 顧. Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.

Components

厄 Simplified component

è adversity, distress

Shorthand for the 雇 component in the traditional character 顧.

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

gù look back, look after Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.

Components

雇 Sound component

gù employ

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuH	[k]ʷˤaʔ-s (~ *[k]ʷˤaʔ)	look around

說文解字

《說文》：“顧，還視也。从頁，雇聲。”

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)

予 yǔ give

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (6 of 10 verified)

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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以 yǐ by means of

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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照 zhào shine

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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顾 gù look back, look after Simplified

Components

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顧 gù look back, look after Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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yǔ give

yǐ by means of

zhào shine

gù look back, look after Simplified

gù look back, look after Traditional