感恩节 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gǎn feel

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

Components

xīn, xin heart

xián all

Change in sound

感 and 咸 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
感 *kˤ[ə]mʔ
咸 *[g]ˤr[ə]m

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

憾撼轗

Meaning (1)

轗

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	komX	kˤ[ə]mʔ	move (emotionally) (v.t.)

說文解字

《說文》：“感，動人心也。从心，咸聲。”

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)

ēn kindness

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

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

因 Sound component

yīn cause

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

嗯摁蒽

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'on	ʔˤə[n]	kindness, favor

說文解字

《說文》：“恩，惠也。从心，因聲。”

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)

jié holiday Simplified

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Simplified form of 節. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.

Components

艹 Meaning Simplified component

cao, cǎo grass

Shorthand for the ⺮ component in the traditional character 節.

卩 Sound Simplified component

jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 即 component in the traditional character 節.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Sources

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

jié holiday Traditional

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.