戒备森严 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiè warn

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a weapon (戈) guarding against danger.

Components

戈 Meaning component

gē spear

廾 Meaning component

gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

械诫誡

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

诫誡

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	keajH	kˤrək-s (~ kˤrək)	be on guard

說文解字

《說文》：“戒，警也。从廾持戈，以戒不虞。”

Sources

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

bèi prepare Simplified

Simplified form of 備. Depicts preparing a container for arrows to equip oneself for battle.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two arrows.

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a container for holding arrows.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

惫

Simplified (0 of 1 verified)

惫

Sources

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

sēn forest

Combination of three trees (木).

Components

木 Iconic component

mù tree

木 Iconic component

mù tree

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srim	s.rəm	dense trees

說文解字

《說文》：“森，木多皃。从林，从木。讀若曾參之參。”

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)

yán strict Simplified

Simplified form of 嚴. Phonosemantic compound. 喦 represents the meaning and 敢 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "exaggerate". The meaning later shifted to "extreme", "severe", and "strict". The traditional component 敢 was removed for simplification.

Components

喦 Meaning Simplified component

niè, yì talkative

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 喦 than it was in ancient scripts.

敢 Deleted component

gǎn to dare

The traditional component 敢 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

俨酽

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

酽

Sources

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

bèi prepare Traditional

Depicts a person (亻) preparing a container for arrows to equip himself for battle.

Components

亻 Iconic component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two arrows.

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a container for holding arrows.

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

憊

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bijH	[b]rək-s	complete (adj.)

說文解字

《說文》：“備，慎也。从人，聲。，古文備。”

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)

yán strict Traditional

Original meaning: exaggerate

Phonosemantic compound. 喦 represents the meaning and 敢 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "exaggerate". The meaning later shifted to "extreme", "severe", and "strict".