伴唱
bàn​chàng

accompany

伴 bàn companion

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbanX[C.b]ˤanʔ comrade

說文解字

《說文》：“伴，大皃。从人，半聲。”

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)

唱 chàng sing

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 昌 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
昌
昌 Sound component
chāng, chàng prosperous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhangHmə-tʰaŋ-s to lead (in singing)

說文解字

《說文》：“唱，導也。从口，昌聲。”

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)