消费者 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiāofèizhě HSK5

consumer

xiāo vanish

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjew	[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)

fèi expenses Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 費.

Components

弗 Sound component

fú not

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

zhě one who...

Original meaning: paper mulberry

Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Original form of 楮.

口 Distinguishing component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (14 of 28 verified)

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Simplified (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyaeX	tAʔ	(nominalizing particle)

說文解字

《說文》：“者，別事詞也。从白，聲。，古文旅字。”

Sources

Character origin: 林志強《《文源》評注》p.524-525李学勤《字源》p.290
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

fèi expenses Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound.

Components

弗 Sound component

fú not

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phj+jH	pʰ[u]t-s	squander

說文解字

《說文》：“費，散財用也。从貝，弗聲。”

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)