pāo​qì HSK7

abandon

pāo throw (away) Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

SoundRemnant component
liào, niǎo to kick backward with the hind legs

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodepau

說文解字

棄也。从手从尤从力,或从手𠠵聲。案:《左氏傳》通用摽。《詩》:“摽有梅。”摽,落也。義亦同。

Sources

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

abandon Simplified

Simplified form of . Pictograph of two hands () putting a child (𠫓) in a basket () for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it. The traditional component was removed for simplification.

Components

𠫓
𠫓 Iconic component
tū, yù newborn

Upside-down form of (child).

Deleted component
its, his, (3p possessive)

The traditional component depicting a basket was removed for simplification.

Iconic component
gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjijH[kʰ]i[t]-s throw away, abandon

說文解字

《說文》:“棄,捐也。从廾推棄之,从,,逆子也。弃,古文棄。”

Sources

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

pāo throw (away) Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

SoundRemnant component
liào, niǎo to kick backward with the hind legs

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰreːw
pʰreːws

說文解字

《說文新附》:“拋,棄也。从手,从尤〔尢〕,从力;或从手,聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

abandon Traditional

Pictograph of two hands () putting a child (𠫓) in a basket () for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it.

Components

𠫓
𠫓 Iconic component
tū, yù newborn

Upside-down form of (child).

Iconic component
its, his, (3p possessive)

Depicts a basket.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component
gǒng two hands
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjijH[kʰ]i[t]-s throw away, abandon

說文解字

《說文》:“棄,捐也。从廾推棄之,从,,逆子也。弃,古文棄。”

Sources

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