招赘
zhāo​zhuì

matrilocal marriage

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

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

赘 zhuì unnecessary Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 敖 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贅.

Components

敖
敖 Meaning component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam
贝
贝 Sound component
bèi sea shell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

贅 unnecessary Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 敖 represents the meaning and 貝 represents the sound.

Components

敖
敖 Meaning component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam
貝
貝 Sound component
bèi sea shell

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

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkljods

說文解字

以物質錢。从敖、貝。敖者，猶放；貝，當復取之也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)