止损点
zhǐ​sǔn​diǎn

stop-loss point

止 zhǐ (foot), stop

Original meaning: foot

Pictograph of a foot. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "stop".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (18)

出之此正先步企武足辵賓韋癶𧾷犇歰歬𣥠

Sound (9 of 14 verified)

是之市齿址扯耻趾芷祉齒旹昰疐

Meaning (4 of 7 verified)

走往歧歷歸㢟歨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyiXtəʔ foot; stop

說文解字

《說文》：“止，下基也。象艸木出有址，故以止為足。”

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)

损 sǔn diminish, lose Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 员 represents the sound. Simplified form of 損.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

员
员 Sound component
yuán member

Sources

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

点 diǎn dot Simplified

Simplified form of 點. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine
Change in sound
灬
灬 MeaningSimplified component
biāo, huǒ fire

Simplified from the 黑 (black) component in the traditional character 點.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

損 sǔn diminish, lose Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 員 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

員
員 Sound component
yuán member

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswonX[s-q]ʷˤə[n]ʔ diminish, damage

說文解字

《說文》：“損，減也。从手，員聲。”

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)

點 diǎn dot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

黑
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttemXtˤemʔ black spot

說文解字

《說文》：“點，小黑也。从黑，占聲。”

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)