照骗
zhào​piàn

deceptive photo

照 zhào shine

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

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

昭
昭 SoundMeaning component
zhāo, zhào bright

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyewHtaw-s shine on

說文解字

《說文》：“照，明也。从火，昭聲。”

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)

骗 piàn swindle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騙.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Sources

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

騙 piàn swindle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjienHphen(ʔ)-s to fool, to cheat

Sources

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