捐躯
juān​qū

sacrifice

捐 juān contribute

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

肙
肙 Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywen[ɢ]ʷenabandon; remove
Zhengzhangɢʷen
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

棄也。从手肙聲。

Sources

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

躯 qū body Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軀.

Components

身
身 Meaning component
shēn body
区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

軀 qū body Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components

身
身 Meaning component
shēn body
區
區 Sound component
qū area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰo
Unicodekio

說文解字

體也。从身區聲。

Sources

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