填鸭式 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tián fill in

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

tǔ earth

zhēn real

Change in sound

填 and 真 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
填 *[d]ˤi[n]
真 *ti[n]

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	den	[d]ˤi[n]	obstruct; embankment

說文解字

《說文》：“填，塞也。从土，真聲。”

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)

yā duck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴨.

Components

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

甲 Sound component

jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Sources

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

shì, shi style

Phonosemantic compound. 工 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.

Components

工 Meaning component

gōng work

弋 Sound component

yì to shoot

Change in sound

式 and 弋 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
式 *l̥ək
弋 *lək

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 7 verified)

试轼拭弑試弒軾

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syik	l̥ək	pattern
	syik	l̥ək	to wipe

說文解字

《說文》：“式，法也。从工，弋聲。”

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)

yā duck Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.

Components

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo bird

甲 Sound component

jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qraːb
Unicode	qap

說文解字

《說文新附》：“鴨，鶩也。俗謂之鴨。从鳥，甲聲。”

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)

填 tián fill in

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鸭 yā duck Simplified

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式 shì, shi style

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鴨 yā duck Traditional

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tián fill in

yā duck Simplified

shì, shi style

yā duck Traditional