Simplified
Original meaning: military troops outside the main group
Simplified form of 戲. Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 䖒 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "military troops outside the main group". The meaning later shifted to "sport" and "play".
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Original meaning: divide
Depicts a knife (刂) cutting a gem into two halves (玨), based on the original meaning "to divide". The meaning later shifted to "division", "group", and "team".
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | paen | pˤ<r>an | divide, distribute |
說文解字
《說文》：“班，分瑞玉。从玨，从刀。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Original meaning: military troops outside the main group
Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 䖒 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "military troops outside the main group". The meaning later shifted to "sport" and "play".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | xjeH | ŋ̊(r)ar-s | sport, joke |
說文解字
《說文》：“戲，三軍之偏也。一曰兵也。从戈，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)