爱马仕 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

mǎ horse Simplified

Simplified form of 馬. Pictograph of a horse.

Component uses

Meaning (6 of 57 verified)

Sound (5 of 8 verified)

吗妈玛码骂蚂犸杩

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.741-742漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

shì official

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 士 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

士 Sound component

shì, shi scholar, soldier

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

茌

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzriX	[m-s-]rəʔ	serve
Zhengzhang		zrɯʔ

說文解字

學也。从人从士。

Sources

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

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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Component uses

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)

mǎ horse Traditional

Pictograph of a horse.

Character Evolution

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Meaning (8 of 49 verified)

驗驚驩駮騾驅驀驟駕駝驌騙驊馮馳駛騎驎羈駐騁騫騷驢驦馴騰驕驥驛駁馭騶馱騭駟駑駒騖駢駱騅駿驪駭驤騮闖駙 show all 49 show fewer

Sound (5 of 6 verified)

碼螞罵嗎瑪媽

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	maeX	mˤraʔ	horse

說文解字

《說文》：“馬，怒也；武也。象馬頭髦尾四足之形。，古文。，籀文馬與同，有髦。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.741-742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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Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

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马 mǎ horse Simplified

Component uses

Meaning (6 of 57 verified)

Sound (5 of 8 verified)

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仕 shì official

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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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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馬 mǎ horse Traditional

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (8 of 49 verified)

Sound (5 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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ài love Simplified

mǎ horse Simplified

shì official

ài love Traditional

mǎ horse Traditional