推阐
tuī​chǎn

elucidate

推 tuī push

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

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-Sagartthwojtʰˤuj push away

說文解字

《說文》：“推，排也。从手，隹聲。”

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)

阐 chǎn explain Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闡.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
单
单 Sound component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闡 chǎn explain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
單
單 Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰjanʔ

說文解字

開也。从門單聲。《易》曰：“闡幽。”

Sources

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