chān​jiǎ

adulterate

chān give helping hand Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Unknown component
miǎn (hat), avoid
Unknown component

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

jiǎ, jià falsehood

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

SoundMeaning component
jiǎ, xiá false

also serves as a meaning component.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaeXCə.kˤraʔ borrow; false
kaeXkˤraʔ great

說文解字

《說文》:“假,非真也。从人,叚聲。一曰至也。《虞書》曰:‘假于上下。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chān give helping hand Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
chán cunning

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzrɯːm
sʰraːm

說文解字

剌也。从手毚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica