敬赠 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jìng respect

Phonosemantic compound. 茍 represents the sound and 攵 represents the meaning.

Components

茍 Sound Meaning component

jì, jí to be circumspect

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

警擎儆檠驚

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjaengH	kreŋ(ʔ)-s	respectful

說文解字

《說文》：“敬，肅也。从攴、茍。”

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)

zèng give present Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贈.

Components

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

曾 Sound component

céng already

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

give present Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

曾 Sound component

céng already

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzongH	[dz]ˤəŋ-s	give
Zhengzhang		zɯːŋs
Unicode	dzhə̀ng

說文解字

玩好相送也。从貝曾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

敬 jìng respect

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

赠 zèng give present Simplified

Components

Sources

贈 give present Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

jìng respect

zèng give present Simplified

give present Traditional