琐屑
suǒ​xiè

trivial

琐 suǒ trifling Simplified

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king

jade

⺌
⺌ Sound component
small
贝
贝 Unknown component
bèi sea shell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

屑 xiè bits

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

Components

尸
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsets-lˤi[t]detail, trifle; fragment
Zhengzhangslɯːd
sluːd
Unicodeset

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

瑣 suǒ trifling Traditional

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king

jade

⺌
⺌ Sound component
small
貝
貝 Unknown component
bèi sea shell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswaX[s]ˤojʔchain; small, fragment
Zhengzhangsoːlʔ
Unicodesuɑ̌

說文解字

玉聲也。从玉𧴪聲。

Sources

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