微胶囊技术 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wēi small

Original meaning: go out and hide

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 𢼸 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "go out and hide". The meaning later shifted to "conceal" and "tiny".

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

Change in meaning

彳 hints at the original meaning of 微, "go out and hide", which is no longer the most common meaning of 微 in modern Mandarin.

𢼸 Sound component

wēi, wéi tiny, small

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薇黴

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mj+j	məj	small

說文解字

《說文》：“微，隱行也。从彳，聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘白公其徒微之。’”

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)

jiāo glue Simplified

Tendons that connect 交 muscles ⺼; 交 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

交 Sound Meaning component

jiāo to cross, to mix

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡreːw

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

náng, nāng bag

Phonosemantic compound. 襄 represents the sound and 橐 represents the meaning.

Components

橐 Iconic Remnant component

tuó, dù, luò a sack

Depicts a tied bag with a bottom.

襄 Sound Remnant component

xiāng aid

Change in sound

囊 and 襄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
囊 nang
襄 sjang

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囔馕攮饢

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nang	nˤaŋ	sack, bag

說文解字

《說文》：“囊，橐也。从省，襄省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.240-241李学勤《字源》p.557-558
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jì skill

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

支 Sound component

zhī support, hold up

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Baxter-Sagart	gjeX	[g]reʔ	skill

說文解字

《說文》：“技，巧也。从手，支聲。”

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)

shù art Simplified

Original meaning: city road

Simplified form of 術. Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 朮 represents the sound. The traditional component 行 was removed for simplification. Based on the original meaning "city road". The meaning later shifted to "way", "method", "technique", and "skill".

Components

行 Deleted component

xíng, háng walk

The traditional component 行 was removed for simplification.

Change in meaning

行 hints at the original meaning of 术, "city road", which is no longer the most common meaning of 术 in modern Mandarin.

朮 Sound component

shù glutinous millet

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述怵沭

說文解字

《說文》：“秫，稷之黏者。从禾、术，象形。术，秫或省禾。”

Sources

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

jiāo glue Traditional

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

flesh

翏 Sound component

liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæw	[k]ˤriw	glue
	kæwX	[k]ˤriwʔ	glue
Zhengzhang		krɯːw
		krɯːws
		kʰrɯːw
Unicode	gau

說文解字

昵也。作之以皮。从肉翏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

art, skill Traditional

Original meaning: city road

Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 朮 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "city road". The meaning later shifted to "way", "method", "technique", and "skill".

Components

行 Meaning component

xíng, háng walk

Change in meaning

行 hints at the original meaning of 術, "city road", which is no longer the most common meaning of 術 in modern Mandarin.

朮 Sound component

shù glutinous millet

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Baxter-Sagart	zywit	Cə-lut	technique

說文解字

《說文》：“術，邑中道也。从行，术聲。”

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)

微 wēi small

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胶 jiāo glue Simplified

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囊 náng, nāng bag

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技 jì skill

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术 shù art Simplified

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膠 jiāo glue Traditional

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術 art, skill Traditional

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wēi small

jiāo glue Simplified

náng, nāng bag

jì skill

shù art Simplified

jiāo glue Traditional

art, skill Traditional