担误

担 dān, dàn, dan carry Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擔.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

旦
旦 Sound component
dàn dawn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːnʔ

Sources

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

误 wù, wu mistake Simplified

Simplified form of 誤. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吴 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

吴
吴 Sound component
wú, yú, tūn one of warring states

Sources

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

擔 dān, dàn, dan carry Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttammə-tˤam carry on the shoulder
tamtˤam burden
tamHmə-tˤam-s burden

Sources

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

誤 wù, wu mistake Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吳 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
吳
吳 Sound component
one of warring states

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnguHŋʷˤa-s deceive; mistake

說文解字

《說文》：“誤，謬也。从言，吳聲。”

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)