滋养 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zī grow

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

water

兹 Sound component

zī, cí now

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsi	[ts]ə	abundant
Zhengzhang		ʔsɯ
Unicode	tziə

說文解字

益也。从水兹聲。一曰滋水，出牛飲山白陘谷，東入呼沱。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yǎng raise Simplified

Simplified form of 養. Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

介 Simplified component

jiè to lie between

Shorthand for the 食 component in the traditional character 養.

Sources

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

yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

食 Meaning component

shí, shi eat

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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癢

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yangX	[ɢ](r)aŋʔ	long, longing
	yangX	[ɢ]aŋʔ	nourish, raise

說文解字

《說文》：“養，供養也。从食，羊聲。，古文養。”

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)

滋 zī grow

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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养 yǎng raise Simplified

Components

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養 yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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zī grow

yǎng raise Simplified

yǎng raise, bring up Traditional