交通拥挤
jiāo​tōng​yōng​jǐ

congestion

交 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
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (8 of 24 verified)

较效校咬胶郊狡绞蛟饺跤佼皎铰姣較鲛茭筊餃絞洨鉸鮫

Meaning (0 of 4 verified)

胶铰筊鉸

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

駮

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaew[k]ˤraw cross (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“交，交脛也。从大，象交形。”

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

通 tōng, tòng pass through

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嗵

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthuwngl̥ˤoŋ penetrate

說文解字

達也。从辵甬聲。

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

拥 yōng embrace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 用 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擁.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

用
用 Sound component
yòng, yong use

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

挤 jǐ crowd Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擠.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

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

擁 yōng embrace Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 雍 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

雍
雍 Sound component
yōng harmony

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoŋ
qoŋʔ
Unicodeqiǒng

說文解字

《說文》：“，抱也。从手，雝聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

擠 jǐ crowd Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsliːl
ʔsliːls

說文解字

《說文》：“擠，排也。从手，齊聲。”

Sources

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