侵扰 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qīn invade

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

𠬶 Sound Meaning component

jìn to invade

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshim	[tsʰ][i]m	invade

說文解字

《說文》：“侵，漸進也。从人、又，持帚若埽之進。又，手也。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.636-637
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

rǎo disturb Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 憂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擾.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尤 Simplified component

yóu especially

Shorthand for the phonetic 憂 component in the traditional character 擾.

Sources

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

rǎo disturb Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 憂 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

憂 Sound component

yōu sad

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		njiwʔ
Unicode	njiɛ̌u

說文解字

《說文》：“，煩也。从手，夒聲。”

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)

侵 qīn invade

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扰 rǎo disturb Simplified

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擾 rǎo disturb Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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qīn invade

rǎo disturb Simplified

rǎo disturb Traditional