笔调 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bǐdiào

tone

bǐ writing utensil Simplified

Simplified form of 筆. Depicts a utensil for writing (聿) made from bamboo (⺮).

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

毛 Meaning Simplified component

máo, mao hair

Shorthand for the 聿 component in the traditional character 筆.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

滗

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Readings & variants: Unicode

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

调 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
调 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

bǐ writing utensil Traditional

Depicts a utensil for writing (聿) made from bamboo (⺮).

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

聿 Meaning component

yù writing brush

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pit	p.[r]ut (borrowed as *prut from Qín dialect)	writing brush

說文解字

《說文》：“筆，秦謂之筆。从聿，从竹。”

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)

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

調 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
調 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

▼ More ▲ Less

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	[d]ˤiw	tune (v.), adjust

說文解字

《說文》：“調，和也。从言，周聲。”

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)

笔 bǐ writing utensil Simplified

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调 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

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筆 bǐ writing utensil Traditional

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說文解字

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調 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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bǐ writing utensil Simplified

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

bǐ writing utensil Traditional

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional