消停
xiāo​tíng

peaceful

消 xiāo vanish

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

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-Sagartsjew[s]ew dissolve; disappear

說文解字

《說文》：“消，盡也。从水，肖聲。”

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)

停 tíng stop

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 亭 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭
亭 Sound component
tíng pavilion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengCə.[d]ˤeŋ
(~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)		to stop

說文解字

《說文新附》：“停，止也。从人，亭聲。”

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)