cuī​biāo

fatten up

cuī press

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
cuī high

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshwojs-tʰˤujurge, repress
Zhengzhangsʰluːl
Unicodetsuəi
tsuəi

說文解字

相儔也。从人崔聲。《詩》曰:“室人交徧催我。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

biāo fat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangprew
pʰewʔ
bewʔ
spewʔ

說文解字

牛脅後髀前合革肉也。从肉𤐫聲。讀若繇。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica