仰屋著书 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yǎng raise the head to look

To exalt 卬 a person 亻

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

卬 Meaning component

áng, ang, yǎng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjangX	C.ŋaŋʔ	lift the face, look up
Zhengzhang		ŋaŋʔ
		ŋaŋs
Unicode	ngiɑ̌ng
	ngiɑ̌ng

說文解字

舉也。从人从卬。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wū house, room

Depicts a yurt (𡉉) over a room (室).

Components

𡉉 Sound Iconic component

què yurt

Depicts a yurt. 𡉉 also represents the sound. Modern form looks like 尸.

Change in sound

屋 and 𡉉 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 𡉉 than it was in ancient scripts.

室 Meaning Remnant component

shì room

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'uwk	qˤok (or *ʔˤok ?)	house; roof

說文解字

《說文》：“屋，居也。从尸，尸，所主也。一曰尸象屋形；从至，至，所至止。室、屋皆从至。，籀文屋，从厂。，古文屋。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.677-678zi.tools
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhe, zháo, zhù [progress particle]

Original meaning: chopsticks

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chopsticks", now written as 箸. The modern meanings are phonetic loans.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

Alludes to bamboo chopsticks. 艹 and ⺮ (bamboo) were often used interchangeably with each other because of their visual and semantic similarity.

Change in meaning

艹 hints at the original meaning of 著, "chopsticks", which is no longer the most common meaning of 著 in modern Mandarin.

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

躇

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trjoH	t<r>ak-s	place (n.); visible
	drjak	m-t<r>ak	put on clothes; be attached
	trjak	t<r>ak	to place

Sources

Character origin: Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica

shū book Simplified

Simplified form of 書. Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. The simplified character 书 is derived from the cursive form of 書.

Components

聿 Meaning Simplified component

yù writing brush

者 Sound Simplified component

zhě one who...

Change in sound

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

Sources

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

shū book Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

聿 Meaning component

yù writing brush

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Change in sound

書 and 者 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
書 syo
者 tsyaeX

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syo	s-ta	write

說文解字

《說文》：“書，箸也。从聿，者聲。”

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)

仰 yǎng raise the head to look

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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屋 wū house, room

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Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 6 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Iconic (1)

Remnant (1)

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說文解字

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著 zhe, zháo, zhù [progress particle]

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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书 shū book Simplified

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書 shū book Traditional

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說文解字

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yǎng raise the head to look

wū house, room

zhe, zháo, zhù [progress particle]

shū book Simplified

shū book Traditional