剖肝沥胆 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pōugānlìdǎn

sincere

pōu split in two

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

咅 Sound component

pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phuwX	pʰˤ(r)oʔ	cleave, cut
Zhengzhang		pʰoːʔ
		pʰoʔ
Unicode	pǒu

說文解字

判也。从刀咅聲。

Sources

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

gān liver

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

干 Sound component

gàn, gān interfere

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Baxter-Sagart	kan	s.kˤa[r]	liver
Zhengzhang		kaːn
Unicode	gɑn

說文解字

木藏也。从肉干聲。

Sources

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

lì trickle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 历 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀝.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

历 Sound component

lì history

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

dǎn gall bladder Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 膽.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

旦 Sound component

dàn dawn

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	daːn
	daːn

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

lì trickle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 歷 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

歷 Sound component

lì experience, history

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	reːɡ

說文解字

浚也。从水歷聲。一曰水下滴瀝。

Sources

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

dǎn gall bladder Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

詹 Sound component

zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tamX	[t]ˤamʔ	gall
Zhengzhang		taːmʔ
Unicode	dɑ̌m

說文解字

連肝之府。从肉詹聲。

Sources

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

剖 pōu split in two

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肝 gān liver

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沥 lì trickle Simplified

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胆 dǎn gall bladder Simplified

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瀝 lì trickle Traditional

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膽 dǎn gall bladder Traditional

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pōu split in two

gān liver

lì trickle Simplified

dǎn gall bladder Simplified

lì trickle Traditional

dǎn gall bladder Traditional