热脸贴冷屁股
rè​liǎn​tiē​lěng​pì​gu

snubbed

热 rè hot Simplified

Simplified form of 熱. Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

执
执 Simplified component
zhí hold in hand

Shorthand for the 埶 component in the traditional character 熱.

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脸 liǎn face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臉.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

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贴 tiē paste to Simplified

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貼.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning
贝 hints at the original meaning of 贴, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 贴 in modern Mandarin.
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

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冷 lěng cold

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋʔ
reːŋ
reːŋʔ
Unicodelæ̌ng
læ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》：“冷，寒也。从仌。令聲。”

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屁 pì fart

Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

尸
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person

Depicts a person squatting.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰis

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股 gǔ, gu thighs

Originally written as 夃, depicting a person with a marker indicating the location of the thigh. Later the ⺼ component was added.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夃
夃 SoundMeaning component
gū, yíng thigh

Modern form looks like 殳.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 夃 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuXkʷˤaʔ thigh

說文解字

《說文》：“股，髀也。从肉，殳聲。”

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熱 rè hot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

埶
埶 Sound component
yì, shì art, skill
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

爇

Meaning (1)

爇

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyetC.nat (or *C.ŋet?)hot

說文解字

《說文》：“熱，溫也。从火，埶聲。”

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臉 liǎn face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·reːmʔ
skʰlam
kramʔ
Unicodelæ̌m

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

貼 tiē to paste Traditional

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning
貝 hints at the original meaning of 貼, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 貼 in modern Mandarin.
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthep[tʰ]ˤ[e]p paste (v.) [not in GSR]

說文解字

《說文新附》：“貼，以物為質也。从貝，占聲。”

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