紧随 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jǐn tense Simplified

Simplified form of 緊. Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the sound, while 糸 represents the meaning.

Components

qiān to gouge out an eye

Change in sound

紧 and 𰀡 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

糸 Meaning component

mì, sī silk

Depicts a thread being tightened.

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

suí follow Simplified

Simplified form of 隨. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 陏 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

陏 Sound component

suí, duò follow

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Readings & variants: Unicode

jǐn tense Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the sound, while 糸 represents the meaning.

Components

臤 Sound component

to gouge out an eye

Change in sound

緊 and 臤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
緊 *C.qi[n]ʔ (I! no palatalization)
臤 kʰriːn

糸 Meaning component

mì, sī silk

Depicts a thread being tightened.

Character Evolution

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjinX	C.qi[n]ʔ (I! no palatalization)	tight

說文解字

《說文》：“緊，纏絲急也。从臤，从絲省。”

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)

suí follow Traditional

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

隋 Sound component

suí, duò, tuǒ Sui dynasty

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjwe	sə.loj	follow

說文解字

从也。从辵，𡐦省聲。

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)

紧 jǐn tense Simplified

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随 suí follow Simplified

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緊 jǐn tense Traditional

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隨 suí follow Traditional

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jǐn tense Simplified

suí follow Simplified

jǐn tense Traditional

suí follow Traditional