咖啡伴侣
Kā​fēi Bàn​lǚ

Coffee-mate

咖 kā coffee

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Sources

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

啡 fēi morphine

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯːlʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

伴 bàn companion

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbanX[C.b]ˤanʔ comrade

說文解字

《說文》：“伴，大皃。从人，半聲。”

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)

侣 lǚ companion Simplified

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

侶 companion Traditional

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

呂
呂 Sound component
pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ
Unicodeliǔ

說文解字

徒侶也。从人呂聲。

Sources

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