双柏县 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

bǎi cypress

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound. Simplified form of 栢.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

白 Sound component

bái, bai white

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pæk	pˤrak	cypress
Zhengzhang		praːɡ
Unicode	bæk

說文解字

鞠也。从木白聲。

Sources

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

xiàn county Simplified

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

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

系 Deleted component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1)

悬

Iconic (1)

悬

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
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)

xiàn county Traditional

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

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

系 Iconic component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

懸

Iconic (1)

懸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwenH	Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n]-s	district
	hwen	[g]ʷˤe[n]	suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“縣，繫也。从系持。”

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)

双 shuāng set of two Simplified

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柏 bǎi cypress

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县 xiàn county Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

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雙 shuāng set of two Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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縣 xiàn county Traditional

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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shuāng set of two Simplified

bǎi cypress

xiàn county Simplified

shuāng set of two Traditional

xiàn county Traditional