关店歇业 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

guān to close Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character 关 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 關. The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.

Components

門 Deleted component

mén, men door

The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.

𢇇 Sound Simplified component

guān to run threads through a web in weaving

Shorthand for the 𢇇 component in the traditional character 關.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Simplified (1 of 2 verified)

联郑

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

diàn shop

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

店 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
店 *tˤem-s
占 *tem

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

惦掂踮

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temH	tˤem-s	shop [not in GSR]

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

xiē rest

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

欠 Meaning component

qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

曷 Sound component

hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蠍

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xjot	qʰat	cease, rest (v.)
Zhengzhang		qʰad
Unicode	xiæt

說文解字

息也。一曰气越泄。从欠曷聲。

Sources

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

yè profession Simplified

Original meaning: attack

Simplified character from the top 5 strokes of the traditional 業. Depicts a person (大) carrying a weapon (丵). Based on the original meaning "attack". The meaning later shifted to "expand territory" and "develop business".

Components

丵 Simplified Remnant component

zhuó chisel

Shorthand for the 丵 component. Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon.

大 Deleted component

dà, dài big

Depicts a person.

Component uses

Simplified (2)

显虚

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

邺

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.168-169Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Readings & variants: Unicode

guān to close Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén, men door

𢇇 Sound component

guān to run threads through a web in weaving

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwaen	[k]ˤro[n]	barrier
	kwaen	[k]ˤro[n]	關關 kwaen.kwaen [bird’s cry]
	kwaen	kˤro[n]	間關 sound of a chariot's linchpin (Ode 218.1)

說文解字

《說文》：“關，以木橫持門戶也。从門，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)

yè profession Traditional

Original meaning: attack

Depicts a person (大) carrying a weapon (丵). Based on the original meaning "attack". The meaning later shifted to "expand territory" and "develop business".