残骸
cán​hái

wreckage

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

Readings & variants
Unicode

骸 hái, gāi skeleton

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthɛj[ɡ]ˤrəbones, skeleton
Zhengzhangɡrɯː

說文解字

脛骨也。从骨亥聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
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
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)