拖延症
tuō​yán​zhèng

procrastination

拖 tuō drag

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

亻
亻 Unknown component
rén person
也
也 Unknown component
yě also

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthal̥ ˤajdraw, pull
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːl
l̥ʰaːls

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

延 yán delay

Original meaning: walk

Phonosemantic compound. 廴 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 正 than it was in ancient scripts.
廴
廴 Meaning component
yǐn, yìn walk

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 6 verified)

蛋诞蜒涎筵誕

Remnant (1)

蛋

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

埏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyenla[n] extend

說文解字

《說文》：“延，長行也。从，丿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.135
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

症 zhèng disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang