团伙
tuán​huǒ HSK7

gang

团 tuán ball Simplified

Simplified form of 團. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround
才
才 Simplified component
cái, cai talent

Shorthand for the 專 component in the traditional character 團.

Sources

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

伙 huǒ, huo companion

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 火 represents the sound. Simplified form of 夥.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

火
火 Sound component
huǒ fire

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːlʔ

Sources

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

團 tuán ball Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround
專
專 Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

糰

Meaning (1)

糰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwanC.[d]ˤon round, plenty

說文解字

《說文》：“團，圜也。从囗，專聲。”

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)