引导员 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yǐn to pull

Pictograph of a bowstring being pulled back.

Components

弓 Iconic component

gōng bow

丨 Iconic component

gǔn, shù vertical line

Depicts a bowstring being pulled back.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yinX	li[n]ʔ	draw the bow
	yinH	li[n]ʔ-s	draw the bow

說文解字

《說文》：“引，開弓也。从弓、丨。”

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)

dǎo direct, lead Simplified

Simplified form of 導. Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 道 represents the sound.

Components

已 Simplified component

yǐ already

Shorthand for the phonetic 道 component in the traditional character 導.

寸 Meaning component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Sources

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

yuán member Simplified

Simplified form of 員. Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a circle.

贝 Iconic Remnant component

bèi sea shell

Change in form

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

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

损圆勋陨殒郧埙筼

Sources

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

dǎo direct, lead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 道 represents the sound.

Components

寸 Meaning component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

道 Sound Meaning component

dào, dao path

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dawH	lˤuʔ-s	to lead

說文解字

導，引也。从寸道聲。

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)

yuán member Traditional

Original meaning: round

Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a circle.

鼎 Iconic Remnant component

dǐng, zhēn cooking pot

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 8 verified)

韻損勛篔殞隕鄖圓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwen	ɢʷ<r>en	circle; round
	hjun	[ɢ]ʷə[n]	(a particle)

說文解字

《說文》：“員，物數也。从貝，口聲。鼎，籀文从鼎。”

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)

引 yǐn to pull

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Iconic (1)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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导 dǎo direct, lead Simplified

Components

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员 yuán member Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

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導 dǎo direct, lead Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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員 yuán member Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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yǐn to pull

dǎo direct, lead Simplified

yuán member Simplified

dǎo direct, lead Traditional

yuán member Traditional