打击报复 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dǎ, da strike

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

打 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
打 děng
丁 teng

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

咑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rteŋʔ
		teːŋʔ
Unicode	děng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“打，擊也。从手，丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jī strike Simplified

Simplified form of 擊. Based on the cursive form of the phonetic component 毄.

Components

毄 Sound Simplified Remnant component

to hit against

手 Deleted component

shǒu, shou hand

This component was deleted for simplification.

Component uses

Simplified (1)

陆

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

bào report Simplified

Original meaning: punish

Simplified form of 報. Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

扌 Simplified component

shou, shǒu hand

Shorthand for the 㚔 component in the traditional character 報.

𠬝 Iconic component

fú subdue

Sources

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

fù return Simplified

Pictograph of a foot entering or exiting a building, representing the meaning "to return".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts some sort of enclosed building.

夂 Iconic component

zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a foot.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 7 verified)

腹蝮愎馥複鳆復

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

愎復

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjuwk	m-p(r)uk	return

說文解字

《說文》：“，行故道也。从夊，畗省聲。”

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)

jī strike Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 毄 represents the sound and 手 represents the meaning.

Components

毄 Sound Meaning component

to hit against

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kek	kˤik	strike (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“擊，攴也。从手，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)

bào report Traditional

Original meaning: punish

Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".