喝彩 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hècǎi HSK7

cheer

hē, he, hè drink

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

曷 Sound component

hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qraːds
		qʰoːb
		qʰaːd
Unicode	xɑt

說文解字

《說文》：“喝，也。从口，曷聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

cǎi, cai hue, color

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound.

Components

采 Sound component

cǎi gather, pick

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	colorful

說文解字

《說文新附》：“彩，文章也。从彡，采聲。”

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)