特别任务连 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tè special

Original meaning: bull

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bull". The meaning later shifted to "prominent" and "special".

Components

牛 Meaning component

niú cow

寺 Sound component

sì, shì temple

Change in sound

特 and 寺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
特 *[d]ˤək
寺 *s-[d]əʔ-s

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dok	[d]ˤək	bull

說文解字

《說文》：“特，朴特，牛父也。从牛，寺聲。”

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)

bié, biè separate Simplified

Simplified form of 別. Depicts a knife (刂) cutting meat off of a bone (另).

Components

另 Iconic component

lìng (bones), another

Depicts a bone.

刂 Iconic component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

捌

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

捌

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pred
	bred

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

rèn responsibility

Original meaning: to hold in arms

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

壬 Sound component

rén 9th heavenly stem

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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凭赁賃

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

恁荏

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyimH	n[ə]m-s	burden; charge (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“任，符也。从人，壬聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫 The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wu, wù business Simplified

Simplified form of 務. Phonosemantic compound. 矛 represents the sound, while 攵 and 力 both represent the meaning. The traditional component 矛 was removed for simplification.

Components

矛 Deleted component

máo spear

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

雾

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lián connect, join, link Simplified

Depicts a carriage (车) being pulled by a person walking (辶). Simplified form of 連.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

莲链琏涟鲢裢梿

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

链

Sources

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

bié, biè separate Traditional

Depicts a knife (刂) cutting meat off of a bone （冎）.

Components

冎 Iconic component

guǎ bone

Change in form

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

刂 Iconic component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjet	N-pret	be separated (intr.)
	pjet	pret	separate (tr.)

說文解字

《說文》：“，分解也。从冎，从刀。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.336
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wu, wù business Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 矛 represents the sound, while 攵 and 力 both represent the meaning.

Components

矛 Sound component

máo spear

Change in sound

務 and 矛 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
務 mjuH
矛 mjuw

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

霧

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjuH	m(r)o-s	exert oneself

說文解字

趣也。从力敄聲。

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)

lián connect, join, link Traditional

Depicts a carriage (車) being pulled by a person walking (辶).

Components

車 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

蓮鏈褳漣槤鰱

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

鏈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljen	C.ra[n]	[surname]
	ljen	[r]a[n]	connect in a row

說文解字

員連也。从辵从車。

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)

特 tè special

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别 bié, biè separate Simplified

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任 rèn responsibility

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务 wu, wù business Simplified

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连 lián connect, join, link Simplified

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別 bié, biè separate Traditional

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務 wu, wù business Traditional

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連 lián connect, join, link Traditional

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tè special

bié, biè separate Simplified

rèn responsibility

wu, wù business Simplified

lián connect, join, link Simplified

bié, biè separate Traditional

wu, wù business Traditional

lián connect, join, link Traditional