shēn​shǒu​pài

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shēn extend

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Sound component
shēn to extend

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyinl̥i[n] stretch, extend

說文解字

《說文》:“伸,屈伸。从人,申聲。”

Sources

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

shǒu, shou hand

Pictograph of a hand.

Character Evolution

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
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (8 of 23 verified)

Iconic (2)

Deleted (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyuwXn̥uʔ hand

說文解字

《說文》:“手,拳也。象形。,古文手。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.844
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

pài school of thought, faction

Depicts the water () in a river flowing into different branches (𠂢). The meaning later expanded to "faction", "school of thought", and "style".

Components

Iconic component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

𠂢
𠂢 SoundIconic component
pài river branching

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangm̥ʰreːɡs
Unicodepɛ̀i

說文解字

《說文》:“派,別水也。从水,从,亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica