答讪

答 dá, dā answer

Original meaning: small bean

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "small bean". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

Change in meaning
⺮ hints at the original meaning of 答, "small bean", which is no longer the most common meaning of 答 in modern Mandarin.
合
合 Sound component
hé to join
Change in sound

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

劄

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttop[t]ˤ[u]p answer

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.68
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

讪 shàn abuse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訕.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

山
山 Sound component
shān mountain

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訕 abuse Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
山
山 Sound component
shān mountain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːn
sraːns

說文解字

𧩂也。从言山聲。

Sources

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