劈柴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pīcháipǐchai

chop firewood

pī cut apart

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

Components

刀 Meaning component

dāo knife

辟 Sound component

pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰeːɡ
Unicode	pek

說文解字

破也。从刀辟聲。

Sources

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

chái firewood

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

此 Sound component

cǐ this

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzrɛ	[C.dz]ˤre(j)	firewood
Zhengzhang		zreː
Unicode	jrhɛi

說文解字

小木散材。从木此聲。

Sources

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