等额选举 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

děng rank

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹. Alludes to an orderly arrangement of writings on bamboo strips.

寺 Sound component

sì, shì temple

Change in sound

等 and 寺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
等 *tˤəŋʔ
寺 *s-[d]əʔ-s

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tongX	tˤəŋʔ	step, grade

說文解字

《說文》：“等，齊簡也。从竹，从寺。寺，官曹之等平也。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫 Wiktionary
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

é forehead Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 客 represents the sound. Simplified form of 額.

Components

页 Meaning component

yè page

客 Sound component

kè guest

Sources

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

xuǎn choose Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 先 represents the sound. Simplified form of 選.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

先 Sound component

xiān first

Character Evolution

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Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

jǔ, ju raise Simplified

Simplified form of 舉. Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 手 than it was in ancient scripts.

兴 Simplified component

xìng, xīng rise, flourish

Shorthand for the 與 component in the traditional character 舉.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榉

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Readings & variants: Unicode

é forehead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 客 represents the sound.

Components

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

客 Sound component

kè guest

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngaek	C.ŋˤrak (no pre-Qín exx?)	forehead

Sources

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

xuǎn choose Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 巽 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

巽 Sound component

xùn, zhuàn obedient

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjwenX	[s]o[n]ʔ	choose; count
	sjwenX	[s]o[r]ʔ	count (v.)
	sjwenH	[s]o[n]ʔ-s	even, orderly

說文解字

遣也。从辵、巽，巽遣之；巽亦聲。一曰選，擇也。

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)

jǔ, ju raise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 手 than it was in ancient scripts.

與 Sound component

yǔ, yù together with

Character Evolution

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櫸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjoX	C.q(r)aʔ	lift, raise
	kjoX	[k](r)aʔ	all

Sources

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

等 děng rank

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额 é forehead Simplified

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选 xuǎn choose Simplified

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举 jǔ, ju raise Simplified

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額 é forehead Traditional

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選 xuǎn choose Traditional

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舉 jǔ, ju raise Traditional

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děng rank

é forehead Simplified

xuǎn choose Simplified

jǔ, ju raise Simplified

é forehead Traditional

xuǎn choose Traditional

jǔ, ju raise Traditional