休闲鞋
xiū​xián​xié

leisure shoes

休 xiū rest

Depicts a person (亻) resting under a tree (木).

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

咻庥鸺髹貅鵂

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjuwqʰ(r)u rest (v.)
xjuwqʰ(r)u blessing

說文解字

《說文》：“休，息止也。从人依木。庥，休或从广。”

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)

闲 xián fence Simplified

A wooden fence 木 with a door 门

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

娴痫鹇

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鞋 xié shoes

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthea[g]ˤre (no pre-Qín exx.)shoe

Sources

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

閒 jiān, jiàn liesure Traditional

The moon 月 seen through a door 門; night-time

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

癇蕑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthɛnN-kˤre[n]idle
Zhengzhangɡreːn
Unicodegɛn
hɛn

說文解字

隟也。从門从月。

Sources

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