包乘组 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bāo wrap

Original meaning: to embrace

Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子). Based on the original meaning "to embrace", now written as 抱. The meaning later shifted to "cover" and "wrap".

Components

勹 Sound Iconic component

bāo wrap

Depicts a person hugging. 勹 also represents the sound.

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ child

Depicts a child. Modern form looks like 巳.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (6 of 24 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

袍苞飑

Iconic (1)

抱

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	paew	pˤ<r>u	wrap, bundle

說文解字

《說文》：“包，象人褢妊，巳在中，象子未成形也。”

Sources

Character origin: 谢明文《释甲骨文中的“抱”——兼论“包”字》
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

chéng ride

Depicts a person (大) who has used their legs (舛) to climb up a tree (木).

Components

大 Iconic component

dà, dài big

Change in form

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

舛 Iconic component

chuǎn oppose

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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Sound (1 of 2 verified)

剩嵊

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zying	Cə.ləŋ	ride (v.)
	zyingH	Cə.ləŋ-s	vehicle
	zyingH	Cə.ləŋ-s	team of four horses

說文解字

《說文》：“乘，覆也。从入、桀。桀，黠也。軍法曰乘。，古文乘从几。”

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)

zǔ class Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Simplified form of 組.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

组 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

zǔ class Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

組 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
組 tzǒ
且 tsjo

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsaːʔ
Unicode	tzǒ

說文解字

《說文》：“組，綬屬。其小者，以為冕纓。从糸，且聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

包 bāo wrap

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Sound (6 of 24 verified)

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

Iconic (1)

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乘 chéng ride

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Sound (1 of 2 verified)

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组 zǔ class Simplified

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組 zǔ class Traditional

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bāo wrap

chéng ride

zǔ class Simplified

zǔ class Traditional