挂牌
guà​pái

hang a plate

挂 guà hang Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 掛.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkweaH[k]ʷˤre-s suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“挂，畫也。从手，圭聲。”

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)

牌 pái signboard

Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.

Components

片
片 Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreː
breː

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

掛 guà hang Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卦
卦 Sound component
guà fortune telling

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷreːs
Unicodeguɛ̀i

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang