俱佳 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jùjiā

excellent

jù all

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

具 Sound component

jù, ju tool

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kju	k(r)o	all, together
Zhengzhang		ko
		ɡos

說文解字

偕也。从人具聲。

Sources

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

jiā good, beautiful

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

圭 Sound component

guī jade pointed at top

Change in sound

佳 and 圭 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
佳 *[k]ˤre
圭 *[k]ʷˤe

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kea	[k]ˤre	good

說文解字

《說文》：“佳，善也。从人，圭聲。”

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)

俱 jù all

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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佳 jiā good, beautiful

Components

Character Evolution

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jù all

jiā good, beautiful