编辑室
biān​jí​shì

newsroom

编 biān knit, compile, edit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 編.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Sources

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

辑 ji, jí gather up Simplified

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

室 shì room

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Meaning (2)

屋臺

Remnant (1)

屋

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyits.ti[t] chamber; house

說文解字

《說文》：“室，實也。从宀，从至。至，所止也。”

Sources

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

編 biān knit, compile, edit Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpenpˤe[r] plait, weave
pjienpe[r]
(~ *mə-pe[r] in donor to HM)		plait, weave

說文解字

《說文》：“編，次簡也。从糸，扁聲。”

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)

輯 ji, jí gather up Traditional

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzip[dz][u]pgather, collect
tsripts<r>[u]pcollect (Jīngdiǎn shìwén)
Zhengzhangzib

說文解字

車和輯也。从車咠聲。

Sources

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