稳贴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wěntiē

appease

wěn settled, stable Simplified

Simplified form of 穩. Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

grain

急 Simplified component

jí urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic 㥯 component in the traditional character 穩.

Sources

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

tiē paste to Simplified

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貼.

Components

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

贝 hints at the original meaning of 贴, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 贴 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

贴 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
贴 thep
占 tsyem

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

wěn settled, stable Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

㥯 Sound component

yǐn careful

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qʷɯːnʔ
Unicode	quə̌n

說文解字

《說文新附》：“穩，蹂穀聚也。一曰安也。从禾，隱省。古通用安隱。”

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)

tiē to paste Traditional

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

貝 hints at the original meaning of 貼, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 貼 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

貼 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
貼 thep
占 tsyem

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

▼ More ▲ Less

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thep	[tʰ]ˤ[e]p	paste (v.) [not in GSR]

說文解字

《說文新附》：“貼，以物為質也。从貝，占聲。”

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)

稳 wěn settled, stable Simplified

Components

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贴 tiē paste to Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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穩 wěn settled, stable Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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貼 tiē to paste Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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wěn settled, stable Simplified

tiē paste to Simplified

wěn settled, stable Traditional

tiē to paste Traditional