客串
kè​chuàn

cameo

客 kè guest

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

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

额喀髂額

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhaekkʰˤrak guest

說文解字

《說文》：“客，寄也。从宀，各聲。”

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)

串 chuàn string

Pictograph of two objects on a skewer strung together.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

患窜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaenHkˤro[n]-s custom

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica