投影线 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tóuyǐngxiàn

projection line

tóu throw

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

殳 Sound component

shū weapon or tool

Change in sound

投 and 殳 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
投 *[d]ˤo
殳 *[d]o

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	duw	[d]ˤo	throw

說文解字

《說文》：“投，擿也。从手，从殳。”

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)

yǐng shadow

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 景 represents the sound. The 彡 component depicts shadow lines.

Components

彡 Iconic component

shān, xiǎn hair

Depicts shadow lines.

景 Sound component

jǐng scenery

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jaengX	qraŋʔ	shadow (n.)

Sources

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

xiàn thread Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 線.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

戋 Sound component

jiān, cán small

Sources

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

xiàn thread Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 泉 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

泉 Sound component

quán spring

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sqʰeːns
Unicode	siɛ̀n

說文解字

《說文》：“綫，縷也。从糸，戔聲。線，古文綫。”

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)

投 tóu throw

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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影 yǐng shadow

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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线 xiàn thread Simplified

Components

Sources

線 xiàn thread Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

tóu throw

yǐng shadow

xiàn thread Simplified

xiàn thread Traditional