招摇撞骗
zhāo​yáo​zhuàng​piàn

swindle

招 zhāo beckon

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

召
召 SoundMeaning component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtjew
Unicodejiɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“招，手呼也。从手，召聲。”

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

摇 yáo wag, shake Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搖.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiɛu

Sources

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撞 zhuàng knock against

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

童
童 Sound component
tóng child
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraewng[N-t]ˤ<r>oŋ strike
draewngHN-tˤ<r>oŋ-s strike

說文解字

《說文》：“撞，卂擣也。从手，童聲。”

Sources

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Baxter-Sagart
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

骗 piàn swindle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騙.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode

搖 yáo wag, shake Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyewlaw shake

說文解字

《說文》：“搖，動也。从手，聲。”

Sources

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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

騙 piàn swindle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjienHphen(ʔ)-s to fool, to cheat

Sources

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