格洛斯特郡 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gé, ge pattern, frame

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

各 Sound component

gè each

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaek	kˤrak	go to

說文解字

《說文》：“格，木長皃。从木，各聲。”

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)

luò river in Shanxi province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

各 Sound component

gè each

Change in sound

洛 and 各 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
洛 *lɑk
各 kak

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

落

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡ·raːɡ
Unicode	lɑk

說文解字

《說文》：“洛，水。出左馮翊歸德北夷界中，東南入渭。从水，各聲。”

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)

sī this

Original meaning: cut

Phonosemantic compound. 斤 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "cut". Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

Components

斤 Meaning component

jīn axe

其 Sound component

qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Change in sound

斯 and 其 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
斯 *se
其 *gə

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

撕嘶厮澌廝

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sje	[s]e	split (v.)
	sje	[s]e	this
	sje	se	斯須 a short time

說文解字

《說文》：“斯，析也。从斤，其聲。《詩》曰：‘斧以斯之。’”

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)

tè special

Original meaning: bull

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bull". The meaning later shifted to "prominent" and "special".