shī​zhǎn

wield

shī grant, bestow

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yǎn flags flying
Sound component
also
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyel̥aj give, bestow

說文解字

《說文》:“施,旗皃。从,也聲。亝欒施字子旗,知施者旗也。”

Sources

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

zhǎn, zhan open

Original meaning: roll over

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𧝑 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "roll over". The meaning later shifted to "unfold", "spread out", and "develop".

Components

Meaning component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person sitting or squatting.

𧝑
𧝑 SoundRemnant component
zhàn royal silk clothing

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjenXtrenʔ roll over; unfold
trjenHtra[n]-s ritual robe

說文解字

《說文》:“展,轉也。从尸,省聲。”

Sources

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