横须贺市 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

héng across Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 橫.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

黄 Sound component

huáng yellow

說文解字

闌木也。从木黃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

xū must Simplified

Original meaning: beard

Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. Simplified form of 須. The meaning "must" is a phonetic loan.

Components

彡 Iconic component

shān, xiǎn hair

页 Iconic component

yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

hè congratulate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賀.

Components

加 Sound component

jiā add

Change in sound

贺 and 加 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
贺 *m-kˤaj-s
加 *kˤraj

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

shì market

Origin unclear. 止 represents the sound.

Components

止 Sound component

zhǐ (foot), stop

Change in form

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

兮 Unknown component

xī exclamatory particle

The original purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Meaning (2)

闹鬧

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

柿铈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyiX	C.[d]əʔ	market (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“市，買賣所之也。市有垣，从冂，从乁。乁，古文及，象物相及也。之省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.499-450
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

héng across Traditional

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

黃 Sound component

huáng yellow

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwæng	C.ɡʷˤraŋ	crosswise; horizontal
Zhengzhang		ɡʷraːŋ
		ɡʷraːŋs
		kʷaːŋ
Unicode	huæng
	guɑ̀ng

Sources

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

xū must Traditional

Original meaning: beard

Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. Based on the original meaning "beard", now written as 鬚. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

彡 Iconic component

shān, xiǎn hair

頁 Iconic component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

鬚

Iconic (1)

鬚

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sju	C-[s.n]o	beard
	sju	[s]o	斯須 a short time

說文解字

《說文》：“須，面毛也。从頁，从彡。”

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)

hè congratulate Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

加 Sound component

jiā add

Change in sound

賀 and 加 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
賀 *m-kˤaj-s
加 *kˤraj

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	haH	m-kˤaj-s	congratulate

說文解字

《說文》：“賀，以禮相奉慶也。从貝，加聲。”

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)

横 héng across Simplified

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說文解字

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须 xū must Simplified

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贺 hè congratulate Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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市 shì market

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (2)

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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橫 héng across Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

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須 xū must Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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賀 hè congratulate Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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héng across Simplified

xū must Simplified

hè congratulate Simplified

shì market

héng across Traditional

xū must Traditional

hè congratulate Traditional