市撮 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shìcuō

milliliter

shì market

Origin unclear. 止 represents the sound.

Components

止 Sound component

zhǐ (foot), stop

Change in form

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

兮 Unknown component

xī exclamatory particle

The original purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (2)

闹鬧

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

柿铈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyiX	C.[d]əʔ	market (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“市，買賣所之也。市有垣，从冂，从乁。乁，古文及，象物相及也。之省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.499-450
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

cuō, zuǒ, zuì little bit

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 最 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

最 Sound component

zuì most

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshwat	[tsʰ]ˤot	pinch; a pinch
Zhengzhang		ʔsoːd
		sʰoːd

說文解字

四圭也。一曰兩指撮也。从手最聲。

Sources

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

市 shì market

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (2)

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

撮 cuō, zuǒ, zuì little bit

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

shì market

cuō, zuǒ, zuì little bit