凭条
píng​tiáo

voucher

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)

条 tiáo clause Simplified

Simplified form of 條. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

夂
夂 Simplified component
zhǐ, zhōng go

Shorthand for the 攸 component in the traditional character 條.

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

涤绦鲦

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

條 tiáo long strip Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

攸
攸 Sound component
yōu distant
Change in sound
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

縧滌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdew[l]ˤiw arrange
dewlˤiw branch (n.), shoot (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“條，小枝也。从木，攸聲。”

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)