档案夹
dàng'àn​jiā

folder

档 dàng shelf Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 当 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檔.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
当
当 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

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

案 àn table, case, incident

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

Components

安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'anHʔˤa[n]-s stool; tray

說文解字

《說文》：“案，几屬。从木，安聲。”

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)

夹 jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides Simplified

Simplified form of 夾. Pictograph of a person (大) being pushed by people on both sides.

Components

大
大 Iconic component
dà, dài big

Depicts a standing person being pushed from both sides.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the left.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the right.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 13 verified)

侠峡狭颊挟惬荚郏浃蛱箧硖铗

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

峡陕颊挟铗

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘗

Sources

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

檔 dàng shelf Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
當
當 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋ
taːŋs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

夾 jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides Traditional

Pictograph of a person (大) being pushed by people on both sides.

Components

大
大 Iconic component
dà, dài big

Depicts a standing person being pushed from both sides.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the left.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person pushing from the right.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

筴頰莢陜郟俠狹蛺峽挾匧浹

Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

頰陜俠峽挾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkeapkˤ<r>ep press between

說文解字

《說文》：“夾，持也。从大，俠二人。”

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)