绩点 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jìdiǎn

grade point

jī spin (thread) Simplified

Simplified form of 績. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 責 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

责 Sound component

zé responsibility

Change in sound

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

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

diǎn dot Simplified

Simplified form of 點. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

点 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
点 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

灬 Meaning Simplified component

biāo, huǒ fire

Simplified from the 黑 (black) component in the traditional character 點.

Historical Pronunciations

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

jī spin (thread) Traditional

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

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

責 Sound component

zé responsibility

Change in sound

績 and 責 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
績 tsek
責 tsreak

Character Evolution

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsek	[ts]ˤek	twist, spin
	tsek	[ts]ˤek	achieve; achievement

說文解字

《說文》：“績，緝也。从糸，責聲。”

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)

diǎn dot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

黑 Meaning component

hēi black

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

點 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
點 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temX	tˤemʔ	black spot

說文解字

《說文》：“點，小黑也。从黑，占聲。”

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)

绩 jī spin (thread) Simplified

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点 diǎn dot Simplified

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績 jī spin (thread) Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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點 diǎn dot Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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jī spin (thread) Simplified

diǎn dot Simplified

jī spin (thread) Traditional

diǎn dot Traditional