占星师 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhàn divine

In ancient China fortune-tellers analyzed cracks (卜) and holes (口) in shells and bones for the purpose of divination.

Components

卜 Iconic component

bo fortune telling

Depicts a crack.

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

Depicts a hole.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Sound (9 of 25 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

拈乩觇呫覘

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyem	tem	prognosticate

說文解字

《說文》：“占，視兆問也。从卜，从口。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.249-250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)

xīng a star

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

生 Sound component

shēng, sheng life

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

醒猩腥惺戥

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

惺

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	seng	s-tsʰˤeŋ	star

說文解字

《說文》：“曐，萬物之精，上為列星。从晶，生聲。一曰象形，从口，古口復注中，故與日同。，古文星。星，曐或省。”

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)

shī teacher Simplified

Simplified form of 師. 𠂤 and 帀 both represent the sound.

Components

刂 Simplified component

dāo knife

Shorthand for the 𠂤 component in the traditional character 師.

帀 Sound component

zā to go round

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

狮筛蛳浉

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.500-501
Readings & variants: Unicode

shī teacher Traditional

𠂤 and 帀 both represent the sound.

Components

𠂤 Sound component

duī mound

Change in sound

師 and 𠂤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
師 *srij
𠂤 *C.tˤuj

帀 Sound component

zā to go round

Change in sound

師 and 帀 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
師 *srij
帀 *[ts]ˤ[ə]p

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srij	srij	army
	srij	srij	master

說文解字

《說文》：“師，二千五百人為師。从帀，从。，四帀眾意也。，古文師。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.500-501
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

占 zhàn divine

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星 xīng a star

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

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师 shī teacher Simplified

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

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師 shī teacher Traditional

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Remnant (3)

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

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zhàn divine

xīng a star

shī teacher Simplified

shī teacher Traditional