好的 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hǎode

okay

hǎo, hāo, hào good

It is good (好) for a woman (女) and her child (子) to be together.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

子 Meaning component

zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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

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孬

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

孬

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xawX	qʰˤuʔ	good
	xawH	qʰˤuʔ-s	love, like (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“好，美也。从女、子。”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

de, dì, dí [possessive]

Original meaning: bright

Phonosemantic compound. 白 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bright".

Components

白 Meaning component

bái, bai white

Change in meaning

白 hints at the original meaning of 的, "bright", which is no longer the most common meaning of 的 in modern Mandarin.

勺 Sound component

sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Change in sound

的 and 勺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
的 *[t-l]ˤewk
勺 *m-tewk

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tek	[t-l]ˤewk	bright; mark in a target

說文解字

《說文》：“旳，明也。从日，勺聲。《易》曰：‘為的顙。’”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

好 hǎo, hāo, hào good

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Character Evolution

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的 de, dì, dí [possessive]

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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hǎo, hāo, hào good

de, dì, dí [possessive]