抢险
qiǎng​xiǎn

rescue

抢 qiǎng plunder, rob Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搶.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

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

险 xiǎn danger, narrow pass Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 險.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

搶 qiǎng plunder, rob Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaŋ
sʰaŋʔ
sʰraŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

險 xiǎn danger, narrow pass Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-SagartxjaemXqʰr[a]mʔ precipitous, dangerous
xjemXqʰr[a]mʔ precipitous, dangerous

說文解字

阻，難也。从𨸏僉聲。

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)