挟细拿粗
xié​xì​ná​cū

provoke

挟 xié clasp under arm Simplified

Wedged 夹 in one's arms 扌; 夹 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
夹
夹 SoundMeaning component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

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细 xì thin, fine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 囟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 細.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

囟
囟 Sound component
xìn fontanel

Modern form looks like 田.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 囟 than it was in ancient scripts.

說文解字

耕也。从土豤聲。

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Character origin
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

拿 ná take

Originally written as a hand (手) taking an object. Later written as 拏 with the phonetic 奴 component added. Later the 奴 component was corrupted to 合.

Components

奴
奴 Sound component
nú slave

Later corrupted to the visually similar character 合.

手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

镎

Historical Pronunciations

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粗 cū rough, coarse

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshuNə-s.r̥ˤa coarse, thick (as hair)

說文解字

《說文》：“粗，疏也。从米，且聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

挾 xié clasp under arm Traditional

Wedged 夾 in one's arms 扌; 夾 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
夾
夾 SoundMeaning component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthepm-kˤep (?)grasp
tsepS-kˤepgrasp
Zhengzhangskaːb
ɡeːb

說文解字

俾持也。从手夾聲。

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

細 xì thin, fine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 囟 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

囟
囟 Sound component
xìn fontanel

Modern form looks like 田.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 囟 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsejH[s]ˤe(k)-s small, minute

說文解字

《說文》：“細，微也。从糸，囟聲。”

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)