定量分析 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dìng settle

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

mián roof

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Change in sound

定 and 正 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
定 *tˤeŋ-s
正 *teŋ-s

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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Sound (0 of 9 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dengH	N-tˤeŋ-s	become fixed; settled (v.i.)
	dengH	m-tˤeŋ-s	make fixed, settle (v.t.)
	tengH	tˤeŋ-s	ready-cooked (food)

說文解字

《說文》：“定，安也。从宀，从正。”

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)

liàng, liang, liáng measure

Phonosemantic compound. 東 (pictograph of a bag) represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

昜 Sound Remnant component

yáng bright

Modern form written like 旦.

Change in form

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

東 Iconic Remnant component

dōng east

Depicts a bag. Modern form written like 里.

Change in form

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

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糧

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljang	[r]aŋ	measure (v.)
	ljangH	[r]aŋ-s	measure (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“量，稱輕重也。从重省，曏省聲。，古文量。”

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)

fēn, fèn, fen divide

Depicts a knife (刀) being used to cut two things apart (八).

Components

八 Sound Iconic component

bā eight

Depicts two things being separated.

Change in sound

分 and 八 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
分 *pə[n]
八 *pˤret

刀 Iconic component

dāo knife

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Sound (6 of 23 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 6 verified)

贫颁岔掰貧頒

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjun	pə[n]	divide
	bjunH	[m]-pə[n]-s	alloted duty

說文解字

《說文》：“分，別也。从八，从刀，刀以分別物也。”

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)

xī to separate

Depicts chopping wood (木) with an axe (斤).

Components

木 Iconic component

mù tree

斤 Iconic component

jīn axe

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晰蜥皙淅菥

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sek	[s]ˤek	split (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“析，破木也。一曰折也。从木，从斤。”

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)

定 dìng settle

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說文解字

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量 liàng, liang, liáng measure

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Sound (1)

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分 fēn, fèn, fen divide

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Sound (6 of 23 verified)

Meaning (0 of 6 verified)

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析 xī to separate

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Sound (0 of 5 verified)

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說文解字

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dìng settle

liàng, liang, liáng measure

fēn, fèn, fen divide

xī to separate