生产商 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shēng, sheng life

Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).

Components

屮 Iconic component

chè, cǎo sprout

Depicts a sprout growing.

Change in form

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

一 Iconic component

yī one

Used here to depict the ground.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sraeng	sreŋ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)	bear, be born; live
	sraeng	sreŋ	fresh, raw
	srjaeng	sreŋ (or *s.reŋ ?)	bear, be born; live

說文解字

《說文》：“生，進也。象艸木生出土上。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.506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)

chǎn give birth Simplified

Simplified form of 產. Phonosemantic compound. 生 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound. The traditional component 生 was removed for simplification.

Components

彦 Sound Remnant component

yàn, pán elegant

Change in sound

产 and 彦 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
产 *s-ŋrarʔ
彦 ŋrans

生 Deleted component

shēng, sheng life

The traditional component 生 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

铲浐

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

shāng commerce, business

Origin unclear. Composed of 辛 (chisel) and 丙 (pedestal) with 口 being later added as a distinguishing component for the name of an ancient kingdom.

Components

辛 Unknown component

xīn laborious

The purpose of this component is unclear.

丙 Unknown component

bǐng third

The purpose of this component is unclear.

口 Distinguishing component

kǒu, kou mouth

This component was later added when the character was used for the name of an ancient kingdom.

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

熵墒

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syang	s-taŋ	musical note
	syang	s-taŋ	(place name)
	syang	s-taŋ	estimate; business; trader

說文解字

《說文》：“商，从外知內也。从，章省聲。，古文商。，亦古文商。，籀文商。”

Sources

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

chǎn give birth Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 生 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound.

Components

彥 Sound Remnant component

elegant

Change in sound

產 and 彥 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
產 *s-ŋrarʔ
彥 *ŋrar-s

生 Meaning component

shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (2)

隡剷

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sreanX	s-ŋrarʔ	bear (v.), produce

說文解字

《說文》：“產，生也。从生，彥省聲。”

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)

生 shēng, sheng life

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (7 of 11 verified)

Meaning (4 of 5 verified)

Deleted (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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产 chǎn give birth Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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商 shāng commerce, business

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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說文解字

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產 chǎn give birth Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

shēng, sheng life

chǎn give birth Simplified

shāng commerce, business

chǎn give birth Traditional