吓破胆 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiàpòdǎn

terrified

xià scare Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 下 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚇.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

下 Sound component

xià, xia under

Sources

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

pò break

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

皮 Sound component

pí skin

Change in sound

破 and 皮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
破 *pʰˤaj-s
皮 *m-[p](r)aj

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phaH	pʰˤaj-s	break (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“破，石碎也。从石，皮聲。”

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)

dǎn gall bladder Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 膽.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

旦 Sound component

dàn dawn

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	daːn
	daːn

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

xià scare Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 赫 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

赫 Sound component

hè, shì bright

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xaek	qʰˤ<r>ak	frighten
	xaeH	qʰˤ<r>ak-s	frighten

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

dǎn gall bladder Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

詹 Sound component

zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tamX	[t]ˤamʔ	gall
Zhengzhang		taːmʔ
Unicode	dɑ̌m

說文解字

連肝之府。从肉詹聲。

Sources

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

吓 xià scare Simplified

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破 pò break

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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胆 dǎn gall bladder Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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嚇 xià scare Traditional

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膽 dǎn gall bladder Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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xià scare Simplified

pò break

dǎn gall bladder Simplified

xià scare Traditional

dǎn gall bladder Traditional