弊案
bì'àn

scandal

弊 bì evil

Two hands 廾 breaking something 敝; 敝 also provides the pronunciation

Components

敝
敝 SoundMeaning component
bì worn out
廾
廾 Meaning component
gǒng two hands

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbeds
Unicodebhiɛ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

案 àn table, case, incident

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 安 represents the sound.

Components

安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'anHʔˤa[n]-s stool; tray

說文解字

《說文》：“案，几屬。从木，安聲。”

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)