娱遣
yú​qiǎn

amusement

娱 yú pleasure Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 吴 represents the sound. Simplified form of 娛.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
吴
吴 Sound component
wú, yú, tūn one of warring states

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodengio

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

遣 qiǎn send

Depicts a pair of hands (𦥑) sending out an army (師) from the military. The 辶 (walk) component was later added.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

𦥑
𦥑 Iconic component
jú, jǔ, póu two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𦥑 than it was in ancient scripts.
師
師 MeaningRemnant component
shī teacher

𠂤 is used here as an abbreviation of 師.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 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 (2 of 4 verified)

谴缱譴繾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjienX[k]ʰe[n]ʔ send
khjienH[k]ʰe[n]ʔ-s (*kʰ- doesn't palatalize)grave goods

說文解字

《說文》：“遣，縱也。从辵，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.126
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

娛 yú pleasure Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 吳 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
吳
吳 Sound component
one of warring states

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjuŋʷ(r)arejoice
Zhengzhangŋʷaːs
ŋʷa

說文解字

樂也。从女吳聲。

Sources

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