凭借
píng​jiè HSK7

rely on

凭 píng lean on Simplified

Leaning on (trusting) 任 a table 几

Components

任
任 Meaning component
rèn responsibility
几
几 Meaning component
jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbrɯŋ
brɯŋs
Unicodebhiəng
bhiə̀ng

說文解字

依几也。从几从任。《周書》：“凭玉几。”讀若馮。

Sources

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

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)

憑 píng lean on Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 馮 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
馮
馮 Sound component
surname

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbing[b]rəŋlean on
Zhengzhangbɯŋ
Unicodebhiəng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang