缮清 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shàn repair Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繕.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

善 Sound component

shàn good

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

qīng clear

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjeng	tsʰeŋ	clear (adj.)

說文解字

《說文》：“清，朖也，澂水之皃。从水，青聲。”

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)

repair Traditional

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

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

善 Sound component

shàn good

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyenH	[ɡ]e[n]ʔ-s	(make good:) repair
Zhengzhang		ɡjens
Unicode	zhiɛ̀n

說文解字

補也。从糸善聲。

Sources

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

缮 shàn repair Simplified

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清 qīng clear

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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繕 repair Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

shàn repair Simplified

qīng clear

repair Traditional