怨耦

怨 yuàn, yuan hatred

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound.

Components

夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-Sagart'jwonH[ʔ]o[r]-s resentment

說文解字

《說文》：“怨，恚也。从心，夗聲。，古文。”

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)

耦 ǒu plow side by side

Components

耒
耒 Meaning component
lěi handle of plow

plow

禺
禺 Sound component
yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

藕

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnguwXŋˤ(r)oʔpair (n.)
Zhengzhangŋoːʔ

說文解字

耒廣五寸爲伐，二伐爲耦。从耒禺聲。

Sources

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