浅析 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qiǎn shallow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淺.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戋 Sound component

jiān, cán small

Sources

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

xī to separate

Depicts chopping wood (木) with an axe (斤).

Components

木 Iconic component

mù tree

斤 Iconic component

jīn axe

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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Sound (0 of 5 verified)

晰蜥皙淅菥

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sek	[s]ˤek	split (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“析，破木也。一曰折也。从木，从斤。”

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)

qiǎn shallow Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

戔 Sound component

small

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjenX	[tsʰ]e[n]ʔ	shallow

說文解字

《說文》：“淺，不深也。从水，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)

浅 qiǎn shallow Simplified

Components

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析 xī to separate

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Sound (0 of 5 verified)

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說文解字

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淺 qiǎn shallow Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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qiǎn shallow Simplified

xī to separate

qiǎn shallow Traditional