囝仔
jiǎn​zǐ

child

囝 jiǎn, nān, yuè baby

A baby 子 in a crib 囗

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround
子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkranʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

仔 zǐ small thing

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

子
子 SoundMeaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslɯ
ʔslɯʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“仔，克也。从人，子聲。”

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)