侍奉
shì​fèng

serve

侍 shì serve

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyiH[d]əʔ-saccompany, wait upon
Zhengzhangdjɯs
Unicodezhiə̀
zhiə̌

說文解字

承也。从人寺聲。

Sources

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

奉 fèng offer

Phonosemantic compound. 廾 and 扌 represent the meaning and 丰 represents the sound.

Components

丰
丰 Sound component
fēng luxuriant
廾
廾 Meaning component
gǒng two hands
扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

棒捧俸唪埲

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

捧俸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjowngXm-pʰ(r)oŋʔ present (v.) with both hands
phjowngXpʰ(r)oŋʔ hold with both hands; to present; receive

說文解字

《說文》：“奉，承也。从手，从廾，丰聲。”

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)