党项族 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǎng political party Simplified

Original meaning: dark

Simplified form of 黨. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "dark". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尚 Sound component

shàng, shang esteem

儿 Simplified component

r, ér child

Shorthand for the 黑 component in the traditional character 黨.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

傥谠

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

xiàng neck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 項.

Components

工 Sound component

gōng work

Change in sound

项 and 工 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
项 *[g]ˤroŋʔ
工 *kˤoŋ

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

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

zú clan, tribe, race

Depicts a flag (㫃) representing a clan and an arrow (矢) representing their military power.

Components

㫃 Iconic component

yǎn flags flying

矢 Iconic component

shǐ arrow

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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簇镞蔟

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzuwk	[dz]ˤok	clan

說文解字

《說文》：“族，矢鋒也，束之族族也。从，从矢。”

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)

dǎng political party Traditional

Original meaning: dark

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "dark". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尚 Sound component

shàng, shang esteem

黑 Meaning component

hēi black

Change in meaning

黑 hints at the original meaning of 黨, "dark", which is no longer the most common meaning of 黨 in modern Mandarin.

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儻

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tangX	tˤaŋʔ	500 families; relatives

說文解字

《說文》：“黨，不鮮也。从黑，尚聲。”

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)

xiàng neck Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

工 Sound component

gōng work

Change in sound

項 and 工 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
項 *[g]ˤroŋʔ
工 *kˤoŋ

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	haewngX	[g]ˤroŋʔ	neck

說文解字

《說文》：“項，頭後也。从頁，工聲。”

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)

党 dǎng political party Simplified

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项 xiàng neck Simplified

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族 zú clan, tribe, race

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Sound (0 of 3 verified)

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黨 dǎng political party Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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項 xiàng neck Traditional

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dǎng political party Simplified

xiàng neck Simplified

zú clan, tribe, race

dǎng political party Traditional

xiàng neck Traditional