筵席捐
yán​xí​juān

banquet tax

筵 yán feast

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

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

延
延 Sound component
yán delay

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyenla[n]bamboo mat
Zhengzhanglan
Unicodeiɛn

說文解字

竹席也。从竹延聲。《周禮》曰：“度堂以筵。”筵一丈。

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席 xí seat, mat

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 庶 represents the sound.

Components

庶
庶 Sound component
shù, zhù, zhē numerous
Change in sound
巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjeks-m-tAk mat

說文解字

《說文》：“席，籍也。《禮》：‘天子、諸侯席，有黼繡純飾。’从巾，庶省。，古文席，从石省。”

Sources

Character origin
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捐 juān contribute

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

肙
肙 Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywen[ɢ]ʷenabandon; remove
Zhengzhangɢʷen
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

棄也。从手肙聲。

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