毗湿奴
Pí​shī​nú

Vishnu

毗 pí help

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound. Simplified form of 毘.

Components

田
田 Meaning component
tián field
比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjij[b]ijassist; boastful
Zhengzhangbi

Sources

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

湿 shī wet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 显 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濕.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

显
显 Sound component
xiǎn evident, make visible, clear
Change in sound

Sources

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

奴 nú slave

Depicts a hand (又) behind a woman (女) slave's back forcing her to work.

Components

女
女 SoundIconic component
nǚ, nü woman

Depicts a woman slave. Also serves as a phonetic component.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand forcing a slave to do work.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 10 verified)

拿努怒弩呶驽孥胬拏駑

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

帑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnunˤa slave

說文解字

《說文》：“奴，奴、婢，皆古之辠人也。《周禮》曰：‘其奴，男子入于辠隸，女子入于舂藁。’从女，从又。，古文奴，从人。”

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)

濕 shī wet Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

㬎
㬎 Sound component
xiǎn visible, bright
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyip[qʰ]ip to flap (sc. the ears)

說文解字

《說文》：“濕，水。出東郡東武陽，入海。从水，聲。桑欽云：出平原高唐。”

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)