损赠
sǔn​zèng

donate

损 sǔn diminish, lose Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 员 represents the sound. Simplified form of 損.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

员
员 Sound component
yuán member

Sources

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

赠 zèng give present Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贈.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

損 sǔn diminish, lose Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

員
員 Sound component
yuán member

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswonX[s-q]ʷˤə[n]ʔ diminish, damage

說文解字

《說文》：“損，減也。从手，員聲。”

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)

贈 give present Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzongH[dz]ˤəŋ-sgive
Zhengzhangzɯːŋs
Unicodedzhə̀ng

說文解字

玩好相送也。从貝曾聲。

Sources

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