庖牺氏
Páo​xī​shì

Fu Xi

庖 páo kitchen

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbruː

說文解字

廚也。从广包聲。

Sources

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

牺 xī sacrifice Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 西 represents the sound. Simplified form of 犧.

Components

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow
西
西 Sound component
xi, xī west

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

氏 shì clan

Pictograph of a tool similar to a hammer that is shaped like deer antlers. Original meaning unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 8 verified)

纸衹舐芪祇哌紙秖

Iconic (1)

氐

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyeXk.deʔ clan

說文解字

《說文》：“氏，巴蜀山名岸脅之旁箸欲落者曰氏。氏崩聲聞數百里。象形，乀聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.859-860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)

犧 xī sacrifice Traditional

Components

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow

ox

羲
羲 Sound component
xī ancient emperor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjeŋ̊ (r)a[j]sacrificial animal
Zhengzhanghŋral
Unicodexyɛ

說文解字

宗廟之牲也。从牛羲聲。賈侍中說：此非古字。

Sources

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