借给
jiè​gěi

lend

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)

给 gěi, jǐ give Simplified

Simplified form of 給. Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

Silk is a precious material.

合
合 Sound component
hé to join
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

給 gěi, jǐ give Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

Silk is a precious material.

合
合 Sound component
hé to join
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Eastern Han 25-220 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-Sagartkip[k](r)[ə]p furnish

說文解字

《說文》：“給，相足也。从糸，合聲。”

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)