撒迦利亚书 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sā, sǎ release, scatter

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

散 Sound Meaning component

sàn, sǎn scatter

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		saːd
Unicode	sɑt

Sources

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

jiā, xiè character for transliteration

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

加 Sound component

jiā add

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ka
		kal
		kraːl
Unicode	ga

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

lì, li benefit

Depicts harvesting grain (禾) with a blade (刂). Harvest was the main source of profit in agricultural societies.

Components

禾 Iconic component

hé grain stalk

刂 Iconic component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 11 verified)

黎莉梨犁俐痢蜊猁脷唎悧

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

悧

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lijH	C.ri[t]-s	sharp; profit

說文解字

《說文》：“利，銛也。从刀；和然後利，从和省。《易》曰：‘利者，義之和也。’”

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)

yà Asia, sub- Simplified

Original meaning: tomb

Simplified form of 亞. Depicts a wooden structure where coffins are placed. Based on the original meaning "tomb". The current meaning "Asia" is a phonetic loan.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 8 verified)

恶哑娅垩桠氩垭痖

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

晋

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

shū book Simplified

Simplified form of 書. Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. The simplified character 书 is derived from the cursive form of 書.