时刻准备 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shí time Simplified

Simplified form of 時.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

寸 Simplified component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Shorthand for the 寺 component in the traditional character 時.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

鲥莳埘

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

kè carve

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.

Components

亥 Sound component

hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Change in sound

刻 and 亥 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
刻 *[kʰ]ˤək
亥 *[g]ˤəʔ

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khok	[kʰ]ˤək	cut, engrave

說文解字

《說文》：“刻，鏤也。从刀，亥聲。”

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)

zhǔn accurate Simplified

Original meaning: water-level

Simplified form of 準. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".

Components

冫 Simplified component

bīng ice

Shorthand for the 氵 (water) component in the traditional character 準.

隹 Simplified component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Shorthand for the 隼 (sǔn) component in the traditional character 準.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qʷjinʔ

Sources

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

bèi prepare Simplified

Simplified form of 備. Depicts preparing a container for arrows to equip oneself for battle.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two arrows.

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a container for holding arrows.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

惫

Simplified (0 of 1 verified)

惫

Sources

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

shí time Traditional

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

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

寺 Sound component

sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蒔鰣

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyi	[d]ə (~ *[d]əʔ)	time

說文解字

《說文》：“時，四時也。从日，寺聲。旹，古文時，从之、日。”

Sources

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

accurate Traditional

Original meaning: water-level

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".