交感神经 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiāo to cross, to mix

Pictograph of a person standing with crossed legs, conveying the meaning "to cross".

Character Evolution

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

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Component uses

Sound (8 of 24 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 4 verified)

胶铰筊鉸

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

駮

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaew	[k]ˤraw	cross (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“交，交脛也。从大，象交形。”

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)

gǎn feel

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

咸 Sound component

xián all

Change in sound

感 and 咸 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
感 *kˤ[ə]mʔ
咸 *[g]ˤr[ə]m

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Sound (1 of 3 verified)

憾撼轗

Meaning (1)

轗

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	komX	kˤ[ə]mʔ	move (emotionally) (v.t.)

說文解字

《說文》：“感，動人心也。从心，咸聲。”

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)

shén, shen spirit

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

申 Sound component

shēn to extend

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zyin	Cə.li[n]	spirit

說文解字

《說文》：“神，天神，引出萬物者也。从示、申。”

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)

jīng, jing pass through Simplified

Original meaning: warp thread

Simplified form of 經. Originally written 巠, which depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom. The 纟 (thread) component was added later. Based on the original meaning "warp thread". The meaning later expanded to "pass through", "regulate", and "classic books".

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

𢀖 Sound Iconic Simplified component

jīng, xíng warp (textile)

Depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.804
Readings & variants: Unicode

jīng, jing pass through Traditional

Original meaning: warp thread

Originally written 巠, which depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom. The 糹 (thread) component was added later. Based on the original meaning "warp thread". The meaning later expanded to "pass through", "regulate", and "classic books".