恶性转移 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

è, wù evil Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惡.

Components

yà Asia, sub-

Change in sound

恶 and 亚 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
恶 *ʔˤak-s
亚 *ʔˤrak-s

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

Component uses

Sound (1)

𫫇

Meaning (1)

𫫇

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

xìng, xing nature

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

生 Sound component

shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjengH	seŋ-s	nature

說文解字

《說文》：“性，人之陽气性善者也。从心，生聲。”

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)

zhuǎn, zhuàn turn Simplified

Simplified form of 轉. Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

专 Sound Meaning component

zhuān monopolize

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

啭

Sources

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

yí move, change place

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 多 represents the sound. Alludes to grain moving while it is blown by the wind.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

多 Sound component

duō much

Change in sound

移 and 多 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
移 *laj
多 *[t.l]ˤaj

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ye	laj	move (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“移，禾相倚移也。从禾，多聲。一曰禾名。”

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)

è, wù evil Traditional

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

Components

亞 Sound component

yà Asia, sub-

Change in sound

惡 and 亞 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
惡 *ʔˤak-s
亞 *ʔˤrak-s

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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