恶补 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

bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

卜 Sound component

bo fortune telling

Sources

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

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

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

噁

Meaning (1)

噁

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'ak	ʔˤak	bad, ugly
	'uH	ʔˤak-s	hate (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“惡，過也。从心，亞聲。”

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)

bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫 Sound component

fu begin

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	puX	[Cə]-pˤaʔ	to patch

說文解字

《說文》：“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”

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)

恶 è, wù evil Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

补 bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Components

Sources

惡 è, wù evil Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

補 bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

è, wù evil Simplified

bǔ mend, patch Simplified

è, wù evil Traditional

bǔ mend, patch Traditional