提价
tí​jià

raise prices

提 tí hold in hand

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

是
是 Sound component
shì, shi is
Change in sound

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdej[d]ˤe lift, grasp

說文解字

《說文》：“提，挈也。从手，是聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

价 jià price Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 介 represents the sound. Simplified form of 價.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

介
介 Sound component
jiè to lie between

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːds

說文解字

《說文》：“价，善也。从人，介聲。”

Sources

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

價 jià price Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 賈 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

賈
賈 Sound component
merchant, trade

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaeHC.qˤ<r>aʔ-s (or *mə.qˤ<r>aʔ-s?)price

說文解字

《說文新附》：“價，物直也。从人、賈，賈亦聲。”

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)