zhá​shǔ​piàn

potato chips

zhà to fry in oil, explode

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs
zreːb

Sources

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

shǔ yam

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
shǔ public office

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjas

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

piàn, piān slice

Pictograph of a slice of a tree, taken from the right half of (tree).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphenHpʰˤe[n]-s half; partial

說文解字

《說文》:“片,判木也。从半木。”

Sources

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