摘录 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhāilù

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zhāi pluck, pick

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

啇 Sound component

dì, shì, zhāi stalk, stem, root

Change in sound

摘 and 啇 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
摘 treak
啇 tek̚

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	treak	tˤrek	pluck (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“摘，拓果樹實也。从手，啻聲。”

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)

lù copy Simplified

Simplified form of 錄. Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound. The traditional component 金 was removed for simplification.

Components

金 Deleted component

jīn metal

The traditional component 金 was removed for simplification.

彔 Sound Simplified component

lù to carve wood

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

绿剥禄碌氯渌逯録

說文解字

《說文》：“彔，刻木彔彔也。象形。”

Sources

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

lù copy, write down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

彔 Sound component

lù to carve wood

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljowk	[r]ok	inscribe, record

說文解字

《說文》：“錄，金色也。从金，彔聲。”

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)