剪贴簿 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiǎntiēbù

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jiǎn cut

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

前 Sound component

qián in front

刀 Meaning component

dāo knife

Character Evolution

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谫

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔslenʔ
Unicode	tziɛ̌n

說文解字

《說文》：“（剪），齊斷也。从刀，歬聲。”

Sources

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

tiē paste to Simplified

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貼.

Components

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

贝 hints at the original meaning of 贴, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 贴 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

贴 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
贴 thep
占 tsyem

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

bù, bó register

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 溥 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

溥 Sound component

pǔ, fū, bù vast, extensive

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	buX	[b]ˤaʔ	register (n.)
Zhengzhang		baːʔ
		baːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

tiē to paste Traditional

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

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

Components

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

貝 hints at the original meaning of 貼, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 貼 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

貼 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
貼 thep
占 tsyem

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thep	[tʰ]ˤ[e]p	paste (v.) [not in GSR]

說文解字

《說文新附》：“貼，以物為質也。从貝，占聲。”

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)

剪 jiǎn cut

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

贴 tiē paste to Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

簿 bù, bó register

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

貼 tiē to paste Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

jiǎn cut

tiē paste to Simplified

bù, bó register

tiē to paste Traditional