累坠

累 lèi, lěi tired

Simplified form of 纍. 田 is shorthand for the phonetic component 畾. 糸 represents the meaning "wind around, bind". The meaning later expanded to "tired".

Components

田
田 Simplified component
tián field

Shorthand for the phonetic component 畾.

糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 9 verified)

螺骡摞嫘漯缧瘰镙騾

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

摞

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljwe[r]oj rope (to tie s.o. up)
ljweX[r]ojʔ accumulate

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

坠 zhuì fall down Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 队 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墜.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
队
队 Sound component
duì team

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

墜 zhuì fall down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隊 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
隊
隊 Sound component
duì team

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrwijHm.lru[t]-sfall down
Zhengzhangl'uds
Unicodedjhuì

說文解字

陊也。从土隊聲。古通用䃍。

Sources

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