爱知县 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

ài love Simplified

Simplified form of 愛. Phonosemantic compound. 旡 represents the sound and 友 (friend) represents the meaning.

Components

jì choke on something eaten

Change in sound

爱 and 旡 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Change in form

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

◎ Simplified component

characterless component

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

暧嗳嫒瑷𫣊

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Readings & variants: Unicode

zhī know

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 矢 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

Transfer of knowledge is done through speech.

矢 Sound component

shǐ arrow

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

智痴蜘踟椥

Meaning (1)

智

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trje	tre	know

說文解字

《說文》：“知，詞也。从口，从矢。”

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)

xiàn county Simplified

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

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

系 Deleted component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1)

悬

Iconic (1)

悬

Sources

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

ài love Traditional

Originally a phonosemantic compound, with 旡 representing the sound and 心 (heart) representing the meaning. Later the 夂 component was added.

Components

兂 Sound component

zān hairpin

Change in sound

愛 and 兂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
愛 *[q]ˤə[p]-s
兂 ʔsrɯm

Change in form

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

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

夂 Unknown component

zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

僾噯曖璦

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'ojH	[q]ˤə[p]-s	to love; to grudge (< ‘draw close to oneself’?)

說文解字

《說文》：“愛，行皃。从夊，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)

xiàn county Traditional

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

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

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

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

系 Iconic component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1)

懸

Iconic (1)

懸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwenH	Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n]-s	district
	hwen	[g]ʷˤe[n]	suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“縣，繫也。从系持。”

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)

爱 ài love Simplified

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

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知 zhī know

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Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Meaning (1)

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說文解字

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县 xiàn county Simplified

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Sound (1)

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愛 ài love Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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縣 xiàn county Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (1)

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說文解字

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ài love Simplified

zhī know

xiàn county Simplified

ài love Traditional

xiàn county Traditional