审讯 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shěn examine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound. Simplified form of 審.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

申 Sound component

shēn to extend

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

婶渖

Sources

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

xùn inquire Simplified

Simplified form of 訊. Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 讠 (speech).

Components

讠 Iconic component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言. Originally 口 (mouth). Later reanalyzed as 讠 (speech).

卂 Sound Iconic component

xùn to fly rapidly

Depicts a captive prisoner with their hands tied behind their back.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

shěn examine Traditional

Origin unclear.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

釆 Meaning component

biàn, biǎn distinguish

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

瀋嬸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syimX	s.tʰ[ə]mʔ	examine, discriminate

說文解字

《說文》：“宷，悉也，知宷諦也。从宀，从釆。審，篆文宷从番。”

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.68
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

xùn inquire Traditional

Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 言 (speech).