挑衅
tiǎo​xìn HSK7

provoke

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)

衅 xìn consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 血 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound. Simplified form of 釁.

Components

血
血 Meaning component
xuè, xiě blood
半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxinHm̥ rər-ssmear with blood
Zhengzhanghmrɯns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

釁 consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxinHm̥ rər-ssmear with blood
Zhengzhanghmrɯns
Unicodexyìn

說文解字

血祭也。象祭竈也。从爨省，从酉。酉，所以祭也。从分，分亦聲。

Sources

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