勘测队
kān​cè​duì

survey team

勘 kān investigate

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 甚 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
甚
甚 Sound component
shén, shèn extremely

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluːms

說文解字

校也。从力甚聲。

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

测 cè measure Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 则 represents the sound. Simplified form of 測.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

则
则 Sound component
zé rule

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

队 duì team Simplified

Simplified form of 隊. Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 㒸 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

人
人 MeaningSimplified component
rén, ren person

Shorthand for the 㒸 component in the traditional character 隊.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

坠

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測 cè measure Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

則
則 Sound component
zé rule

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhik[tsʰ]rək fathom (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“測，深所至也。从水，則聲。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

隊 duì team Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 㒸 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

㒸
㒸 Sound component
suì obey

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

墜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwojHlˤut-s troop
drwijHm.lru[t]-s fall down, throw down

說文解字

從高隊也。从𨸏㒸聲。

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)