神采 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shéncǎi

spirit

shén, shen spirit

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

申 Sound component

shēn to extend

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zyin	Cə.li[n]	spirit

說文解字

《說文》：“神，天神，引出萬物者也。从示、申。”

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)

cǎi gather, pick

Pictograph of a hand (爫) picking fruit from a tree (木).

Components

爫 Iconic component

zhǎo hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (4 of 7 verified)

彩菜踩睬綵埰採

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	gather, pluck
	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	colorful

說文解字

《說文》：“采，捋取也。从木，从爪。”

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)

神 shén, shen spirit

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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采 cǎi gather, pick

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (4 of 7 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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shén, shen spirit

cǎi gather, pick