残余沾染
cán​yú​zhān​rǎn

residual contamination

残 cán injure Simplified

Simplified form of 殘. Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

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余 yú I Simplified

Original meaning: residence

Pictograph of a small shelter. Based on the original meaning "residence", now written as 舍. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
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 Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (9 of 17 verified)

除途茶徐舍叙涂斜俞荼馀蜍餘狳酴敘嵞

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

畬艅

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyola 1sg., prob. a polite form

說文解字

《說文》：“余，語之舒也。从八，舍省聲。，二余也，讀與余同。”

Sources

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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

沾 zhān moisten

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 霑.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

霑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjem[t]remmoisten
Zhengzhangtem
teːms
tʰeːm
Unicodedjiɛm

說文解字

水。出壺關，東入淇。一曰沾，益也。从水占聲。

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

染 rǎn dye, infect, be contagious

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 杂 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
杂
杂 Sound component
zá mixed, various
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyemXC.n[a]mʔ to dye

說文解字

《說文》：“染，以繒染為色。从水，杂聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

殘 cán injure Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzan[dz]ˤa[n] damage; hurt; cruel

說文解字

《說文》：“殘，賊也。从歺，戔聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

餘 excess, remainder Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyola remains; surplus

說文解字

《說文》：“餘，饒也。从食，余聲。”

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)