绽放
zhàn​fàng HSK7

blossom

绽 zhàn ripped seam Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 定 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綻.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

放 fàng put

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴. Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjangXpaŋʔ imitate
pjangHpaŋ-s release; let go

說文解字

《說文》：“放，逐也。从攴，方聲。”

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)

綻 ripped seam Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrdeːns
Unicodedjhɛ̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica