瞎编乱造 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiā blind

To damage 害 one's eyes 目; 害 also provides the pronunciation

Components

mù eye

hài, hai injure

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qʰraːd

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

biān knit, compile, edit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 編.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

扁 Sound component

biǎn flat

Sources

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

luàn confusion, mess Simplified

Original meaning: untangle threads

Simplified form of 亂. Originally written as 𤔔, which depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame. 乚 was later added as a distinguishing mark. The meaning later shifted to "mess" and "confusion".

Components

舌 Simplified component

shé tongue

Shorthand for the 𤔔 component in the traditional character 亂.

乚 Distinguishing component

yǐn, yà turning stroke

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.960漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

zào construct

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

告 Sound component

gào tell

Originally this component was a pictograph of grass, similar to 艸, but later was reanalyzed as the visually similar 告.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

糙簉

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzawX	[dzˤ]uʔ	make
	tshawH	(mə-)tsʰˤuʔ-s	go to

說文解字

就也。从辵告聲。譚長說：造，上士也。

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)

biān knit, compile, edit Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

扁 Sound component

biǎn flat

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pen	pˤe[r]	plait, weave
	pjien	pe[r] (~ *mə-pe[r] in donor to HM)	plait, weave

說文解字

《說文》：“編，次簡也。从糸，扁聲。”

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)

luàn confusion, mess Traditional

Original meaning: untangle threads

Originally written as 𤔔, which depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame. 乚 was later added as a distinguishing mark. The meaning later shifted to "mess" and "confusion".