简短介绍
jiǎn​duǎn​jiè​shào

brief introduction

简 jiǎn simple Simplified

Original meaning: bamboo strips for writing

Simplified form of 簡. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 間 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bamboo strips for writing". The meaning later shifted to "letter", "concise", and "simple".

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

间
间 Sound component
jiān, jian, jiàn space

Sources

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

短 duǎn short

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components

矢
矢 Meaning component
shǐ arrow
豆
豆 Sound component
dòu bean
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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-SagarttwanXtˤorʔ short

說文解字

《說文》：“短，有所長短，以矢為正。从矢，豆聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

介 jiè to lie between

Depicts a person between two lines.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts two things the person is standing between.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

界价阶尬芥疥蚧骱

Simplified (1)

养

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

骱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeajHkˤr[e]p-s armour; scale of animals

說文解字

《說文》：“介，畫也。从八，从人。人各有介。”

Sources

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Baxter-Sagart
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

绍 shào continue Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紹.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

簡 jiǎn simple Traditional

Original meaning: bamboo strips for writing

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 間 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bamboo strips for writing". The meaning later shifted to "letter", "concise", and "simple".

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

間
間 Sound component
jiān, jian, jiàn space

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeanXkˤre[n]ʔ bamboo slip for writing
keanXkˤre[n]ʔ select, large-minded, etc.

說文解字

《說文》：“簡，牒也。从竹，間聲。”

Sources

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

紹 shào continue Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjewʔ
Unicodezhiɛ̌u

說文解字

《說文》：“紹，繼也。从糸，召聲。一曰紹緊糾也。綤，古文紹从邵。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)