杂 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zázā HSK3

mixed, various

Simplified form of 雜. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

Components

jiǔ nine

Shorthand for the 衣 component in the traditional character 雜.

集 Remnant component

jí gather, collect

Shorthand for the 集 component in the traditional character 雜.

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 衣 than it was in ancient scripts.

集 Sound component

jí gather, collect

Change in sound

雜 and 集 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
雜 *[dz]ˤ[u]p
集 *[dz][u]p

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 集 than it was in ancient scripts.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzop	[dz]ˤ[u]p	mixed

《說文》：“雜，五彩相會。从衣，集聲。”