zhǎng​shì

rising trend

zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
zhāng stretch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

shì, shi power Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
lì, li power
Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Sources

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

zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zhāng stretch

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋ
taŋʔ
taŋs
Unicodedzhiɑ̀ng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

shì, shi power Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
lì, li power
Sound component
yì, shì art, skill
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyejHŋ̊et-s circumstances, setting

說文解字

《說文新附》:“勢,盛力,權也。从力,埶聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica