招魂幡 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhāo beckon

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

召 Sound Meaning component

zhào summon

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		tjew
Unicode	jiɛu

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)

hún soul

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 䰟.

Components

鬼 Meaning component

guǐ ghost

云 Sound component

yún clouds

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwon	[m.]qʷˤə[n]	spiritual soul
Zhengzhang		ɢuːn
Unicode	huən

說文解字

陽气也。从鬼云聲。

Sources

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

fān pennant

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

番 Sound component

fān to take turns

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰan
Unicode	piæn

說文解字

書兒拭觚布也。从巾番聲。

Sources

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

招 zhāo beckon

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魂 hún soul

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幡 fān pennant

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zhāo beckon

hún soul

fān pennant