梳妆台
shū​zhuāng​tái

vanity

梳 shū comb

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

㐬
㐬 Sound component
liú birth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrjosracomb
Zhengzhangsŋra
Unicodeshriu

說文解字

理髮也。从木，疏省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

妆 zhuāng to adorn oneself Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 妝.

Components

丬
丬 Sound component
qiáng piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

台 tái platform Simplified

Originally 台 and 㠯 were pronounced the same and thus written the same. Later 口 was added to distinguish the characters.

Components

口
口 Distinguishing component
kǒu, kou mouth
㠯
㠯 SoundRemnant component
yǐ by means of

㠯 is an ancient variant of 以.

Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 㠯 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 24 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyilə I, me

說文解字

《說文》：“台，說也。从口，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)

妝 to adorn oneself Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 爿 represents the sound.

Components

爿
爿 Sound component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrjang[ts]raŋ adorn (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“妝，飾也。从女，牀省聲。”

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)

檯 table, desk, counter Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
臺
臺 Sound component
tower, platform

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯː

Sources

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