技佐
jì​zuǒ

technical assistant

技 jì skill

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

支
支 Sound component
zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjeX[g]reʔ skill

說文解字

《說文》：“技，巧也。从手，支聲。”

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)

佐 zuǒ assist

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 左 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

左
左 Sound component
zuǒ left

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsaHtsˤarʔ-s (dialect: *-r > *-j)aid, assist

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica