暂停键
zàn​tíng​jiàn

pause button

暂 zàn temporary Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暫.

Components

斩
斩 Sound component
zhǎn, zhàn chop
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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停 tíng stop

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 亭 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭
亭 Sound component
tíng pavilion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengCə.[d]ˤeŋ
(~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)		to stop

說文解字

《說文新附》：“停，止也。从人，亭聲。”

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)

键 jiàn key, bolt Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鍵.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode

暫 zàn temporary Traditional

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

Components

斬
斬 Sound component
chop
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzamH[dz]ˤam-s suddenly

說文解字

《說文》：“暫，不久也。从日，斬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鍵 jiàn key, bolt Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡran
ɡranʔ
ɡanʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“鍵，鉉也。一曰車轄。从金，建聲。”

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)