淘汰赛 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

táo wash in sieve

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

匋 Sound component

táo, yáo pottery

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'uː

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

tài excessive

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

太 Sound component

tài, tai very

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dajH	lˤa[t]-s	wave
Zhengzhang		tʰaːds
Unicode	tɑ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

sài compete Simplified

Original meaning: thank offering

Simplified form of 賽. Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 𡨄 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "thank offering". The meaning later shifted to "compete".

Components

𡨄 Sound component

sāi, xià to stop up

𡨄 is a component form of 塞.

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

Sources

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

sài compete Traditional

Original meaning: thank offering

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 𡨄 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "thank offering". The meaning later shifted to "compete".