突破点 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tū suddenly

Depicts a dog (犬) suddenly running out of a cave (穴).

Components

穴 Iconic component

xué, jué cave

犬 Iconic component

quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dwot	m-tʰˤut	burst through
	thwot	tʰˤut	break through; suddenly

說文解字

《說文》：“突，犬从穴中暫出也。从犬在穴中。一曰滑也。”

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)

pò break

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

皮 Sound component

pí skin

Change in sound

破 and 皮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
破 *pʰˤaj-s
皮 *m-[p](r)aj

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phaH	pʰˤaj-s	break (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“破，石碎也。从石，皮聲。”

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)

diǎn dot Simplified

Simplified form of 點. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

点 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
点 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

灬 Meaning Simplified component

biāo, huǒ fire

Simplified from the 黑 (black) component in the traditional character 點.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

diǎn dot Traditional

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

Components

黑 Meaning component

hēi black

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

點 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
點 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temX	tˤemʔ	black spot

說文解字

《說文》：“點，小黑也。从黑，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)

突 tū suddenly

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破 pò break

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点 diǎn dot Simplified

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點 diǎn dot Traditional

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tū suddenly

pò break

diǎn dot Simplified

diǎn dot Traditional