穷奢极侈 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qióng poor Simplified

Simplified form of 窮. Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 躬 represents the sound.

Components

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

力 Simplified component

lì, li power

Shorthand for the 躬 component in the traditional character 窮.

Sources

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

shē extravagant

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

大 Meaning component

dà, dài big

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syæ	s.tʰA	extravagant
Zhengzhang		hljaː
Unicode	shia

說文解字

張也。从大者聲。凡奢之屬皆从奢。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jí extreme Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound. Simplified form of 極.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

及 Sound component

jí extend

Character Evolution

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡrab
	ɡab

說文解字

《說文》：“极，驢上負也。从木，及聲。或讀若急。”

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)

chǐ luxurious

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

多 Sound component

duō much

Change in sound

侈 and 多 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
侈 *t-l̥ajʔ
多 *[t.l]ˤaj

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyheX	t-l̥ajʔ	extravagant

說文解字

《說文》：“侈，掩脅也。从人，多聲。一曰奢也。”

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)

qióng poor Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 躬 represents the sound.

Components

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

躬 Sound component

gōng body

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

藭

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuwng	[g](r)uŋ	poor
	gjuwng	m-[g](r)uŋ	exhaust

說文解字

《說文》：“竆，極也。从穴，躳聲。”

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)

jí extreme Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 亟 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

亟 Sound component

jí, qì urgently

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gik	[g](r)ək	extreme

說文解字

棟也。从木亟聲。

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)

穷 qióng poor Simplified

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奢 shē extravagant

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极 jí extreme Simplified

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侈 chǐ luxurious

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窮 qióng poor Traditional

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極 jí extreme Traditional

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qióng poor Simplified

shē extravagant

jí extreme Simplified

chǐ luxurious

qióng poor Traditional

jí extreme Traditional