游击 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yóu to swim

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

斿 Sound component

yóu, liú to move freely

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yuw	[N-]ru	float, swim
	yuw	[N-]ru	float, swim

說文解字

《說文》：“游，旌旗之流也。从，汓聲。，古文游。”

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)

jī strike Simplified

Simplified form of 擊. Based on the cursive form of the phonetic component 毄.

Components

毄 Sound Simplified Remnant component

to hit against

手 Deleted component

shǒu, shou hand

This component was deleted for simplification.

Component uses

Simplified (1)

陆

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

jī strike Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 毄 represents the sound and 手 represents the meaning.

Components

毄 Sound Meaning component

to hit against

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kek	kˤik	strike (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“擊，攴也。从手，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)

游 yóu to swim

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說文解字

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击 jī strike Simplified

Components

Component uses

Simplified (1)

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擊 jī strike Traditional

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說文解字

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yóu to swim

jī strike Simplified

jī strike Traditional