建设性 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiànshèxìng

constructive

jiàn build

Depicts a hand setting up a wooden post (聿) at the corner of a building site (𠃊).

Components

聿 Iconic component

yù writing brush

Depicts a hand setting up a post.

𠃊 Iconic component

yǐn hidden area

Depicts the corner of a building site. Modern form looks like 廴.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

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

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

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Xin 9-23 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

健键腱犍毽鍵踺楗

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjonH	[k]a[n]-s	set up, establish

說文解字

立朝律也。从聿从廴。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.136
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

shè build Simplified

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (讠) and a tool (殳).

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

殳 Meaning component

shū weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Sources

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

xìng, xing nature

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

生 Sound component

shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjengH	seŋ-s	nature

說文解字

《說文》：“性，人之陽气性善者也。从心，生聲。”

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)

shè build, set up Traditional

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (言) and a tool (殳).

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

殳 Meaning component

shū weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syet	ŋ̊et	set up

說文解字

《說文》：“設，施陳也。从言，从殳。殳，使人也。”

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)