张勋复辟
Zhāng Xūn Fù​bì

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张 zhāng stretch Simplified

Simplified form of 張. Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components

弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
长
长 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

涨

Sources

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Unicode

勋 xūn meritorious deed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 员 represents the sound. Simplified form of 勛.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
员
员 Sound component
yuán member

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

复 fù return Simplified

Pictograph of a foot entering or exiting a building, representing the meaning "to return".

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts some sort of enclosed building.

夂
夂 Iconic component
zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a foot.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 7 verified)

腹蝮愎馥複鳆復

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

愎復

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjuwkm-p(r)uk return

說文解字

《說文》：“，行故道也。从夊，畗省聲。”

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)

辟 pì, bì law

Depicts punishing a kneeling person (卩) with a curved knife (䇂).

Components

卩
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling
䇂
䇂 Iconic component
qiān sickle, curved blade

Depicts a curved knife used to punish criminals.

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 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

Component uses

Sound (3 of 21 verified)

避壁臂譬劈僻霹璧癖噼擘薜嬖鐾甓襞檗鸊闢擗鷿

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbek[b]ˤek inner coffin
bjiek[N]-pek law, rule; lawful
pjiekpek ruler, prince

說文解字

《說文》：“辟，法也。从卩，从辛，節制其辠也；从口，用法者也。”

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)

張 zhāng stretch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components

弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
長
長 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

漲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjangC.traŋ draw a bow

說文解字

《說文》：“張，施弓弦也。从弓，長聲。”

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)

勳 xūn meritorious deed Traditional

Components

熏
熏 Sound component
xūn smoke
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

strength

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodexiuən

說文解字

能成王功也。从力熏聲。

Sources

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Unicode
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

復 return Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 复 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

复
复 SoundMeaning component
fù return

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 Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

覆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuwH[N]-pruk-s again
bjuwkm-p(r)uk return

說文解字

《說文》：“復，往來也。从彳，复聲。”

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)