梨树县 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lí pear

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

利 Sound component

lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ril
Unicode	li

Sources

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

shù tree Simplified

Simplified form of 樹. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

对 Simplified component

duì correct

Shorthand for the phonetic 尌 (shù) component in the traditional character 樹.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

xiàn county Simplified

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

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

系 Deleted component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1)

悬

Iconic (1)

悬

Sources

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

shù tree Traditional

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

尌 Sound component

shù, zhù standing (something) up

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyuX	m-toʔ	plant (v.); place upright
	dzyuH	m-toʔ-s	tree

說文解字

《說文》：“樹，生植之緫名。从木，尌聲。尌，籀文。”

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)

xiàn county Traditional

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

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

系 Iconic component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

懸

Iconic (1)

懸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwenH	Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n]-s	district
	hwen	[g]ʷˤe[n]	suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“縣，繫也。从系持。”

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)

梨 lí pear

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树 shù tree Simplified

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县 xiàn county Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

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樹 shù tree Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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縣 xiàn county Traditional

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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lí pear

shù tree Simplified

xiàn county Simplified

shù tree Traditional

xiàn county Traditional