Tú​piàn Bào

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map Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts a map of city boundaries () and places outside the city boundaries ().

Components

Iconic component
wéi, guó surround

Depicts walls of a city.

Simplified component
dōng winter

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Sources

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

piàn, piān slice

Pictograph of a slice of a tree, taken from the right half of (tree).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphenHpʰˤe[n]-s half; partial

說文解字

《說文》:“片,判木也。从半木。”

Sources

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

bào report Simplified

Original meaning: punish

Simplified form of . Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

Simplified component
shou, shǒu hand

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

𠬝
𠬝 Iconic component
subdue

Sources

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

map Traditional

Depicts a map of city boundaries () and places outside the city boundaries ().

Components

Iconic component
wéi, guó surround

Depicts walls of a city.

Iconic component
bǐ, tú remote place

Depicts a granary outside city walls.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdu[d]ˤa consider

說文解字

《說文》:“圖,畫計難也。从口,从啚。啚,難意也。”

Sources

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

bào report Traditional

Original meaning: punish

Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

Iconic component
niè, xìng instrument of torture used in ancient times
𠬝
𠬝 Iconic component
subdue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpawHpˤuk-s repay

說文解字

《說文》:“報,當罪人也。从,从。,服罪也。”

Sources

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