垂直和短距起落飞机 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chuí droop

Original meaning: borderland

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 𠂹 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "borderland", now written as 陲. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

𠂹 Sound component

chuí grass, trees, flowers, leaves

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠂹 than it was in ancient scripts.

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

Change in meaning

土 hints at the original meaning of 垂, "borderland", which is no longer the most common meaning of 垂 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 9 verified)

睡锤唾捶陲缍棰錘埵

Meaning (1)

郵

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzywe	[d]o[j]	hang down

說文解字

《玉篇》：“，《說文》垂。”

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)

zhí straight

Pictograph of a straight line coming from the eye, to depict looking straight at something. The purpose of the stroke at the bottom is unclear.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a straight line

目 Iconic component

mù eye

◎ Unknown component

characterless component

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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Sound (5 of 7 verified)

值置植殖埴稙惪

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

矗惪

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drik	N-t<r>ək	straight

說文解字

《說文》：“直，正見也。从，从十，从目。，古文直。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.870
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hé, huo, he harmony

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

禾 Sound component

hé grain stalk

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Baxter-Sagart	hwa	[ɢ]ˤoj	harmonious
	hwaH	[ɢ]ˤoj-s	tune (instruments); respond in singing

說文解字

《說文》：“咊，相譍也。从口，禾聲。”

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)

duǎn short

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components

矢 Meaning component

shǐ arrow

豆 Sound component

dòu bean

Change in sound

短 and 豆 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
短 *tˤorʔ
豆 *[N.t]ˤo-s

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	twanX	tˤorʔ	short

說文解字

《說文》：“短，有所長短，以矢為正。从矢，豆聲。”

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)

jù distance

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

巨 Sound component

jù large

Character Evolution

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡaʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“距，雞距也。从足，巨聲。”

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)

qǐ go up

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

走 Meaning component

zǒu walk

己 Sound component

jǐ self

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Baxter-Sagart	khiX	C.qʰ(r)əʔ	rise (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“起，能立也。从走，巳聲。，古文起，从辵。”

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)

luò, là fall

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 洛 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸. Alludes to leaves falling from trees.

洛 Sound component

luò river in Shanxi province

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	lak	kə.rˤak	fall (v.)

說文解字

凡艸曰零，木曰落。从艸洛聲。

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)

fēi fly Simplified

Simplified form of 飛. Pictograph of a flying bird.

Sources

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

jī machine Simplified

Simplified form of 機. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

几 Sound Simplified component

jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	kijX	krəjʔ	small table, stool

說文解字

《說文》：“机，木也。从木，几聲。”

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)

fēi fly Traditional

Pictograph of a flying bird.

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Baxter-Sagart	pj+j	Cə.pə[r] (dialect: -r > -j)	fly (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“飛，鳥翥也。象形。”

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)

jī machine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

幾 Sound component

jǐ how much

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	kj+j	kəj	mechanism

說文解字

《說文》：“機，主發謂之機。从木，幾聲。”

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)

垂 chuí droop

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Sound (2 of 9 verified)

Meaning (1)

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直 zhí straight

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Sound (5 of 7 verified)

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

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和 hé, huo, he harmony

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短 duǎn short

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距 jù distance

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起 qǐ go up

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落 luò, là fall

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飞 fēi fly Simplified

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机 jī machine Simplified

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飛 fēi fly Traditional

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機 jī machine Traditional

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說文解字

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chuí droop

zhí straight

hé, huo, he harmony

duǎn short

jù distance

qǐ go up

luò, là fall

fēi fly Simplified

jī machine Simplified

fēi fly Traditional

jī machine Traditional