jiē​pái

inaugurate

jiē raise

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjetm-[k]<r>atlift, raise
gjotm-[k]atlift
khjejH[k]ʰ<r>at-slift up one’s clothes
khjet[k]ʰ<r>atlift
kjot[k]atlift
Zhengzhangkʰrads
ked
kʰrad
ɡrad
kad
ɡad

說文解字

高舉也。从手曷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

pái signboard

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreː
breː

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang