挥斥方遒
huī​chì​fāng​qiú

vigorous

挥 huī wave, brandish Simplified

Simplified form of 揮. Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

军
军 Sound component
jūn army
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

斥 chì to scold

Original meaning: develop new land

Phonosemantic compond: 广 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound. Originally a variant form of 宅, based on the original meaning "to develop new land". The meaning later shifted to "expand", "get rid of", "rebuff", and "scold".

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 乇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

诉拆坼訴

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhektʰAk rebuff; salty soil

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.724-725漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

方 fāng, fang square

Original meaning: cutting edge

Depicts the cutting edge (一) of a knife blade (刀). Similar in origin to 亡. Based on the original meaning "cutting edge". The meaning later expanded to "perimeter", "area", and "square".

Components

刀
刀 Iconic component
dāo knife
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 刀 than it was in ancient scripts.
一
一 Iconic component
yī one

Depicts the cutting edge of a knife.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Component uses

Sound (6 of 20 verified)

放房防旁访仿芳妨纺坊肪彷舫鲂枋钫邡訪紡昉

Meaning (2 of 11 verified)

旁旋旌旖旎枋旆旒旄邊旉

Unknown (0 of 4 verified)

愣楞塄堃

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjangC-paŋ square
pjangpaŋ method
pjangpaŋ just, then

說文解字

《說文》：“方，併船也。象兩舟省緫頭形。汸，方或从水。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.685-686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)

遒 qiú, qiū strong

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

酋
酋 Sound component
qiú chief of tribe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsjuwtsucollect, bring together
Zhengzhangsklu
sɡlu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

揮 huī wave, brandish Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjw+jqʷʰər wave, brandish

說文解字

《說文》：“揮，奮也。从手，軍聲。”

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)