粗剪
cū​jiǎn

rough cut

粗 cū rough, coarse

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshuNə-s.r̥ˤa coarse, thick (as hair)

說文解字

《說文》：“粗，疏也。从米，且聲。”

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)

剪 jiǎn cut

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

前
前 Sound component
qián in front
刀
刀 Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

谫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslenʔ
Unicodetziɛ̌n

說文解字

《說文》：“（剪），齊斷也。从刀，歬聲。”

Sources

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