盗版党
Dào​bǎn​dǎng

Pirate Party

盗 dào rob Simplified

Simplified form of 盜. Depicts a gluttonous person drooling (㳄) for food inside of a dish (皿). The meaning later shifted to "steal", "rob", and "bandit".

Components

㳄
㳄 IconicRemnant component
xián spit, saliva

Depicts saliva (氵) coming from a person with an open mouth (欠). Modern form looks like 次.

皿
皿 Iconic component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Depicts a dish with food in it.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode

版 bǎn printing block, edition

Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

片
片 Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpraːnʔ
Unicodebǎn

說文解字

《說文》：“版，判也。从片，反聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

党 dǎng political party Simplified

Original meaning: dark

Simplified form of 黨. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "dark". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
儿
儿 Simplified component
r, ér child

Shorthand for the 黑 component in the traditional character 黨.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

傥谠

Sources

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

盜 dào rob Traditional

Depicts a gluttonous person drooling (㳄) for food inside of a dish (皿). The meaning later shifted to "steal", "rob", and "bandit".

Components

㳄
㳄 Iconic component
xián spit, saliva

Depicts saliva (氵) coming from a person with an open mouth (欠).

皿
皿 Iconic component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Depicts a dish with food in it.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdawH[d]ˤaw(k)-s steal

說文解字

《說文》：“盜，私利物也。从，欲皿者。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

黨 dǎng political party Traditional

Original meaning: dark

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "dark". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
黑
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
Change in meaning
黑 hints at the original meaning of 黨, "dark", which is no longer the most common meaning of 黨 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

儻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttangXtˤaŋʔ 500 families; relatives

說文解字

《說文》：“黨，不鮮也。从黑，尚聲。”

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)