剃发留辫
tì​fà​liú​biàn

shave and queue

剃 tì shave

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 薙.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

弟
弟 Sound component
dì, di younger brother

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰiːls

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

发 fā, fa, fà issue Simplified

Simplified form of both 發 (send out) and 髮 (hair). Visually similar to 犮, the bottom component of 髮.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

废泼酦袯

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

拨

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留 liú to stay

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components

卯
卯 Sound component
mǎo 4th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
田
田 Meaning component
tián field

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 13 verified)

溜瘤榴遛馏镏熘骝鹠鶹餾騮鎦

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

馏镏籀餾鎦

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljuwC.ru stay, remain

說文解字

《說文》：“畱，止也。从田，丣聲。”

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辫 biàn braid Simplified

Components

辡
辡 Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another
纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

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髮 hair Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 犮 represents the sound.

Components

髟
髟 Meaning component
biāo, piào, shān long hair
犮
犮 Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjotpot root; hair (of head)

說文解字

《說文》：“髮，根也。从髟，犮聲。，髮或从首。，古文。”

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辮 biàn braid Traditional

Components

辡
辡 Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another
糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk

thread

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbenXm-pˤe[r]ʔ braid (v., n.) (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“辮，交也。从糸，辡聲。”

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