对外联络部 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

duì correct Simplified

Original meaning: develop land

Simplified form of 對. Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

Components

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the left half of 對.

寸 Iconic component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Component uses

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树

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

怼

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

wài outside

Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.

Components

卜 Iconic component

bo fortune telling

Depicts the cracks on the outside of a turtle shell.

月 Sound component

yuè, yue moon

Looks like 夕, which is also a pictograph of a moon.

Change in sound

外 and 月 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
外 *[ŋ]ʷˤa[t]-s
月 *[ŋ]ʷat

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Baxter-Sagart	ngwajH	[ŋ]ʷˤa[t]-s	outside

說文解字

《說文》：“外，遠也。卜尚平旦，今夕卜，於事外矣。，古文外。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.555-556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)

lián connect Simplified

Simplified form of 聯. Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

关 Simplified component

guān to close

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇇 component in the traditional character 聯.

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

luò net Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絡.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

各 Sound component

gè each

Change in sound

络 and 各 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

bù part

Original meaning: place in Gansu province

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

⻏ Meaning component

yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Change in meaning

⻏ hints at the original meaning of 部, "place in Gansu province", which is no longer the most common meaning of 部 in modern Mandarin.

咅 Sound component

pǒu to spit out

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Baxter-Sagart	buwX	[b]ˤ(r)oʔ	lead (v.), govern

說文解字

天水狄部。从邑咅聲。

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)

duì correct Traditional

Original meaning: develop land

Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

Components

丵 Iconic component

zhuó chisel

Depicts a farming tool.

土 Iconic component

tǔ earth

寸 Iconic component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

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懟

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	twojH	[t]ˤ[u]p-s	respond

說文解字

《說文》：“，譍無方也。从丵，从口，从寸。對，或从土。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171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)

lián connect Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

Alludes to earrings connected to the ear.

𢇇 Sound component

guān to run threads through a web in weaving

Change in sound

聯 and 𢇇 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
聯 *ɡ·ron
𢇇 *kroːn

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說文解字

《說文》：“聯，連也。从耳，耳連於頰也；从絲，絲連不絕也。”

Sources

Character origin: Zhengzhang Shangfang漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

luò net Traditional

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

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

各 Sound component

gè each

Change in sound

絡 and 各 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
絡 lɑk
各 kak

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡ·raːɡ
Unicode	lɑk

說文解字

《說文》：“絡，絮也。一曰麻未漚也。从糸，各聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

对 duì correct Simplified

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外 wài outside

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联 lián connect Simplified

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络 luò net Simplified

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部 bù part

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對 duì correct Traditional

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聯 lián connect Traditional

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絡 luò net Traditional

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duì correct Simplified

wài outside

lián connect Simplified

luò net Simplified

bù part

duì correct Traditional

lián connect Traditional

luò net Traditional