jìn​bì

confine

jìn, jīn prohibit, forbid

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
lín forest
Meaning component
shì show

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkimHkr[ə]m-s prohibit

說文解字

《說文》:“禁,吉凶之忌也。从示,林聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shut Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts a door closed shut with horizontal bars.

Components

Iconic component
mén, men door
Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts horizontal bars used to keep the door shut.

Sources

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

shut Traditional

Depicts a door closed shut with horizontal bars.

Components

Iconic component
mén, men door
Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts horizontal bars used to keep the door shut.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpejHpˤi[t]-s close (v.); obstruct

說文解字

《說文》:“閉,闔門也。从門,才所以距門也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica