掺杂
chān​zá

mix in

掺 càn, chān, shǎn mix Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 参 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摻.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

参
参 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

杂 zá mixed, various Simplified

Simplified form of 雜. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

Components

九
九 Simplified component
jiǔ nine

Shorthand for the 衣 component in the traditional character 雜.

集
集 Remnant component
jí gather, collect

Shorthand for the 集 component in the traditional character 雜.

Component uses

Sound (1)

染

Sources

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

摻 mix Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

參
參 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsruːm
sruːmʔ
Unicodeshræ̌m

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

雜 zá mixed, various Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 衣 than it was in ancient scripts.
集
集 Sound component
jí gather, collect
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 集 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzop[dz]ˤ[u]p mixed

說文解字

《說文》：“雜，五彩相會。从衣，集聲。”

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)