线装书 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiàn thread Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 線.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

戋 Sound component

jiān, cán small

Sources

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

zhuāng dress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裝.

Components

壮 Sound component

zhuàng big, strong

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

Sources

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

shū book Simplified

Simplified form of 書. Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. The simplified character 书 is derived from the cursive form of 書.

Components

聿 Meaning Simplified component

yù writing brush

者 Sound Simplified component

zhě one who...

Change in sound

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

Sources

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

xiàn thread Traditional

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

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

泉 Sound component

quán spring

Character Evolution

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sqʰeːns
Unicode	siɛ̀n

說文解字

《說文》：“綫，縷也。从糸，戔聲。線，古文綫。”

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)

zhuāng dress Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

壯 Sound component

zhuàng big, strong

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsraŋ
		ʔsraŋs
Unicode	jriɑng

說文解字

《說文》：“裝，裹也。从衣，壯聲。”

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)

shū book Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

聿 Meaning component

yù writing brush

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Change in sound

書 and 者 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
書 syo
者 tsyaeX

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 者 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syo	s-ta	write

說文解字

《說文》：“書，箸也。从聿，者聲。”

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)

线 xiàn thread Simplified

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装 zhuāng dress Simplified

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书 shū book Simplified

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線 xiàn thread Traditional

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裝 zhuāng dress Traditional

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書 shū book Traditional

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xiàn thread Simplified

zhuāng dress Simplified

shū book Simplified

xiàn thread Traditional

zhuāng dress Traditional

shū book Traditional