fù​shèn

adrenal glands

assist

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
fú, bì to fill
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphikpʰrək split, cut open, cleave
phjuwHpʰək-s secondary

說文解字

《說文》:“副,判也。从刀,畐聲。《周禮》曰:‘副辜祭。’疈,籀文副。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shèn kidneys Simplified

Components

Unknown component
yòu again
Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

kidneys Traditional

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

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
to gouge out an eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyinXCə.[ɡ]i[n]ʔkidney
Zhengzhangɡjinʔ

說文解字

水藏也。从肉臤聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica