挑檐
tiǎo​yán

eaves

挑 tiāo, tiǎo carry on the shoulder, pick

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

兆
兆 Sound component
zhào omen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthewl̥ˤew scratch, stir up
dewXlˤewʔ provoke

說文解字

《說文》：“挑，撓也。从手，兆聲。一曰摷也。《國語》曰：‘郤至挑夭。’”

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)

檐 yán eaves of house Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簷.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyemCə.[ɢ]ameaves
yem[ɢ][a]mtemple gate
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

說文解字

㮰也。从木詹聲。

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

簷 yán eaves of house Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang