旬课
xún​kè

decadal test

旬 xún ten-day period

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound.

Components

云
云 Sound component
yún clouds
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 云 than it was in ancient scripts.
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 12 verified)

询殉荀绚徇洵峋恂詢郇筍絢

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzwins-N-qʷi[n] ten-day cycle

說文解字

《說文》：“旬，徧也。十日為旬。从勹、日。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.715
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

课 kè lesson Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound. Simplified form of 課.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit
Change in sound

Sources

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

課 kè lesson Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit
Change in sound

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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰloːl
kʰloːls

說文解字

《說文》：“課，試也。从言，果聲。”

Sources

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