割股疗亲
gē​gǔ​liáo​qīn

filial thigh-cutting

割 gē cut

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

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

害
害 Sound component
hài, hai injure

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkatCə-kˤatcut (v.); harm (v.)
Zhengzhangkaːd
Unicodegɑt

說文解字

剥也。从刀害聲。

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股 gǔ, gu thighs

Originally written as 夃, depicting a person with a marker indicating the location of the thigh. Later the ⺼ component was added.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夃
夃 SoundMeaning component
gū, yíng thigh

Modern form looks like 殳.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 夃 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuXkʷˤaʔ thigh

說文解字

《說文》：“股，髀也。从肉，殳聲。”

Sources

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疗 liáo be healed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 了 represents the sound. Simplified form of 療.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
了
了 Sound component
le, liǎo, liào finish

Sources

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亲 qīn, qin relatives Simplified

Original meaning: chestnut tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 辛 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chestnut". This character was repurposed during character simplification as the simplified form of 親.

Components

辛
辛 Sound component
xīn laborious
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
Change in meaning
木 hints at the original meaning of 亲, "chestnut tree", which is no longer the most common meaning of 亲 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

榇親

說文解字

《說文》：“𣓀，果實如小栗。从木，辛聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘女摯不過栗。’”

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療 liáo be healed Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrews

說文解字

《說文》：“，治也。从疒，樂聲。療或从尞。”

Sources

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親 qīn, qin relatives Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 亲 represents the sound.

Components

亲
亲 Sound component
qīn, qin relatives
見
見 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 (1)

襯

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshin[tsʰ]i[n] close; parents

說文解字

《說文》：“親，至也。从見，亲聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)