打铁趁热 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

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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)

tiě iron Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 失 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐵.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

失 Sound component

shī lose

Change in sound

铁 and 失 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
铁 *l̥ˤik
失 *l̥i[t]

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

chèn take advantage of

Components

走 Meaning component

zǒu walk

walk

㐱 Sound component

zhěn thick hair

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		nlanʔ
		l̥ʰɯns
		l'ɯn
Unicode	tjìn

說文解字

𧾍也。从走㐱聲。讀若塵。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

rè hot Simplified

Simplified form of 熱. Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬 Meaning component

biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

执 Simplified component

zhí hold in hand

Shorthand for the 埶 component in the traditional character 熱.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

tiě iron Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 𢧤 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

𢧤 Sound component

zhì big

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thet	l̥ˤik	iron

說文解字

《說文》：“鐵，黑金也。从金，聲。，鐵或省。銕，古文鐵从夷。”

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)

rè hot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬 Meaning component

biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

埶 Sound component

yì, shì art, skill

Change in sound

熱 and 埶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
熱 nyet
埶 syejH

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爇

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爇

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyet	C.nat (or *C.ŋet?)	hot

說文解字

《說文》：“熱，溫也。从火，埶聲。”

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)

打 dǎ, da strike

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铁 tiě iron Simplified

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趁 chèn take advantage of

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热 rè hot Simplified

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鐵 tiě iron Traditional

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熱 rè hot Traditional

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dǎ, da strike

tiě iron Simplified

chèn take advantage of

rè hot Simplified

tiě iron Traditional

rè hot Traditional