奥组委 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

Original meaning: to store

Simplified form of 奧. Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a hidden corner or a container.

米 Iconic component

mǐ rice

Depicts grains of rice.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form

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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

噢懊燠襖

說文解字

宛也。室之西南隅。从宀𢍏聲。

Sources

Character origin: 鄔可晶《釋「奧」》Wiktionary (JA)
Readings & variants: Unicode
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zǔ class Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Simplified form of 組.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

组 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

wěi bent, winding

Depicts grain (禾) in a bent shape (𠃊).

Components

禾 Iconic component

hé grain stalk

𠃊 Iconic component

yǐn hidden area

Used here to depict a bent shape. Modern form looks like 女.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 8 verified)

魏矮萎倭诿痿逶諉

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jwe	q(r)oj	委蛇 compliant, complaisant
	'jweX	q(r)ojʔ	entrust to
	'jweX	q(r)ojʔ	collect; store
	'jweX	q(r)orʔ	bend; hang down

說文解字

《說文》：“委，委隨也。从女，从禾。”

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)

mysterious Traditional

Original meaning: to store

Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a hidden corner or a container.

米 Iconic component

mǐ rice

Depicts grains of rice. Modern form looks like 釆.

Change in form

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

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

澳

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'awH	ʔˤuk-s	southwest corner of a house
	'juwk	ʔ(r)uk	cove in the bank of a stream

說文解字

《說文》：“奧，宛也。室之西南隅。从宀，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 鄔可晶《釋「奧」》Wiktionary (JA)
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zǔ class Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

組 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
組 tzǒ
且 tsjo

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsaːʔ
Unicode	tzǒ

說文解字

《說文》：“組，綬屬。其小者，以為冕纓。从糸，且聲。”

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)

奥 aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

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组 zǔ class Simplified

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委 wěi bent, winding

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Sound (1 of 8 verified)

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奧 mysterious Traditional

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組 zǔ class Traditional

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aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

zǔ class Simplified

wěi bent, winding

mysterious Traditional

zǔ class Traditional