拾荒
shí​huāng

scavenge

拾 shi, shí pick up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

合
合 Sound component
hé to join
Change in sound

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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyip[d][ə]p pick up, gather

說文解字

《說文》：“拾，掇也。从手，合聲。”

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)

荒 huāng wasteland

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巟 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
巟
巟 Sound component
huāng a watery waste

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 3 verified)

慌谎謊

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwangm̥ˤaŋ wasteland; uncultivated land

說文解字

《說文》：“荒，蕪也。从艸，巟聲。一曰艸淹地也。”

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)