借助
jiè​zhù HSK7

draw support

借 jiè borrow

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

昔
昔 Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjaeH[ts]Ak-s loan, borrow
tsjek[ts]Ak loan, borrow

說文解字

《說文》：“借，假也。从人，昔聲。”

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)

助 zhù help

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover
Change in sound
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

锄鋤

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

锄鋤

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrjoH[dz]ra-s help (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“助，左也。从力，且聲。”

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)