双喜临门 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shuāng set of two Simplified

Simplified form of 雙. Depicts a pair of hands.

Components

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Sources

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

xǐ like, happy

Depicts making a joyful noise with a drum (壴) and one's mouth (口).

Components

壴 Iconic component

zhù drum

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

禧嘻嬉熹僖蟢

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

禧嘻僖

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xiX	qʰ(r)əʔ	joy; rejoice

說文解字

《說文》：“喜，樂也。从壴，从口。歖，古文喜从欠，與歡同。”

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)

lín draw near Simplified

Original meaning: to look down

Simplified form of 臨. Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) down at a pile of objects (品). 品 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning, "to look down". The meaning has shifted over time and now means "draw near".

Components

臣 Iconic Simplified component

chén minister

Depicts an eye.

Change in form

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

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

Change in form

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

品 Sound Iconic Simplified component

pǐn product

Here used to depict a pile of objects.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.728-729
Readings & variants: Unicode

mén, men door Simplified

Simplified form of 門. Pictograph of a gate.

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 32 verified)

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Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

shuāng set of two Traditional

Depicts a pair of birds in the hand.

Components

雔 Iconic component

chóu match, collate

Depicts a pair of birds.

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sraewng	[s]roŋ	a pair

說文解字

《說文》：“雙，隹二枚也。从雔，又持之。”

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)

lín draw near Traditional

Original meaning: to look down

Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) down at a pile of objects (品). 品 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning, "to look down". The meaning has shifted over time and now means "draw near".