张择端
Zhāng Zé​duān

Zhang Zeduan

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

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择 zé select Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified from 擇.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

𠬤
𠬤 Sound component
yì, zé, dù spy on
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

箨

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端 duān end, hold with both hands

Phonosemantic compound. 立 represents the meaning and 耑 represents the sound.

Components

立
立 Meaning component
lì stand
耑
耑 Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttwantˤor tip (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“端，直也。从立，耑聲。”

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)

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)

擇 zé select Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

睪
睪 Sound component
yì spy on
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
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 Chinese
Zhengzhangrlaːɡ
Unicodedjhæk

說文解字

《說文》：“擇，柬選也。从手，睪聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)