撑杆跳 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chēnggāntiào

pole vaulting

chēng, cheng prop up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 掌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撐.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

掌 Sound component

zhǎng, zhang palm of hand

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

gān, gǎn pole Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 桿.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

干 Sound component

gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kaːns
Unicode	gɑn

Sources

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

tiào jump

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

兆 Sound component

zhào omen

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	lˤew	jump

說文解字

《說文》：“跳，蹶也。从足，兆聲。一曰躍也。”

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)

chēng, cheng prop up Traditional

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

hand

牚 Sound component

chēng, chèng

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rtʰaːŋ
Unicode	tjæ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

pole Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

旱 Sound component

hàn drought

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kaːnʔ

Sources

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

撑 chēng, cheng prop up Simplified

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杆 gān, gǎn pole Simplified

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跳 tiào jump

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說文解字

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撐 chēng, cheng prop up Traditional

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桿 pole Traditional

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chēng, cheng prop up Simplified

gān, gǎn pole Simplified

tiào jump

chēng, cheng prop up Traditional

pole Traditional