绷扒吊拷
bēng​bā​diào​kǎo

torture

绷 běng, bēng bind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繃.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

朋
朋 Sound component
péng friend

Sources

Readings & variants
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扒 bā scratch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 八 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

八
八 Sound component
bā eight

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpreːds
preːd
pred

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

吊 diào to hang

Original meaning: silk streamers used for arrows

Variant of 弔. Depicts a person carrying silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with. Based on the original meaning "silk streamers used for arrows", now written as 繳. The meaning later shifted to "to hang" and "to hang a person".

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

铞屌

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

屌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttewHtˤ[e]wk-sgrieved; condole
Zhengzhangtiːwɢs

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.639-640黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.838-839漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

拷 kǎo torture and interrogate

To question 考 by hand 扌; 考 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
考
考 SoundMeaning component
kǎo examine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

繃 běng, bēng bind Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

崩
崩 Sound component
bēng rupture

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpɛngpˤrəŋto bind around
Zhengzhangprɯːŋ
prɯːŋ

說文解字

束也。从糸崩聲。《墨子》曰：“禹葬會稽，桐棺三寸，葛以繃之。”

Sources

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