传道书 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chuán, zhuàn pass on, transmit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 专 represents the sound. Simplified form of 傳.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

专 Sound component

zhuān monopolize

Sources

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

dào, dao path

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

首 Sound component

shǒu head

Change in sound

道 and 首 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
道 *lˤuʔ-s
首 *l̥uʔ-s

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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導

Meaning (1)

導

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dawH	lˤuʔ-s	show the way
	dawX	[kə.l]ˤuʔ	way

說文解字

所行道也。从辵从𩠐。一達謂之道。

Sources

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

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

chuán, zhuàn pass on, transmit Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

專 Sound component

zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjwen	m-tron	transmit
	drjwenH	N-tron-s	what has been transmitted
	trjwenH	tron-s	relay post

說文解字

《說文》：“傳，遽也。从人，專聲。”

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)

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

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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)

传 chuán, zhuàn pass on, transmit Simplified

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道 dào, dao path

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书 shū book Simplified

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傳 chuán, zhuàn pass on, transmit Traditional

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書 shū book Traditional

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說文解字

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chuán, zhuàn pass on, transmit Simplified

dào, dao path

shū book Simplified

chuán, zhuàn pass on, transmit Traditional

shū book Traditional