低地轨道 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dī low

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

氐 Sound Meaning component

dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		tiːl
Unicode	dei
	dei

說文解字

《說文新附》：“低，下也。从人、氐，氐亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

de, dì earth

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

也 Sound component

yě also

Change in sound

地 and 也 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
地 *[l]ˤej-s
也 *lAjʔ

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Baxter-Sagart	dijH	[l]ˤej-s	earth, ground

說文解字

《說文》：“地，元气初分，輕、清、陽為天；重、濁、陰為地。萬物所陳列也。从土，也聲。墬，籀文地从。”

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)

guǐ track Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軌.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

九 Sound component

jiǔ nine

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

匦

Sources

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

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Component uses

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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)

guǐ track Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

九 Sound component

jiǔ nine

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

匭

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwijX	kʷruʔ	wheel ruts
Zhengzhang		kʷrɯwʔ
Unicode	gyuǐ

說文解字

車徹也。从車九聲。

Sources

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

低 dī low

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地 de, dì earth

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轨 guǐ track Simplified

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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道 dào, dao path

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Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

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說文解字

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軌 guǐ track Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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dī low

de, dì earth

guǐ track Simplified

dào, dao path

guǐ track Traditional