jiā​jù

fixture

jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides Simplified

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a person () being pushed by people on both sides.

Components

Iconic component
dà, dài big

Depicts a standing person being pushed from both sides.

Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the left.

Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the right.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 13 verified)

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

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

jù, ju tool

Depicts two hands () handling a cooking pot ().

Components

IconicRemnant component
dǐng, zhēn cooking pot
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component
gǒng two hands
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjuH[g](r)o-s arrange, provide

說文解字

《說文》:“具,共置也。从廾,从貝省。古以貝為貨。”

Sources

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

jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides Traditional

Pictograph of a person () being pushed by people on both sides.

Components

Iconic component
dà, dài big

Depicts a standing person being pushed from both sides.

Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the left.

Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the right.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkeapkˤ<r>ep press between

說文解字

《說文》:“夾,持也。从大,俠二人。”

Sources

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