翅膀 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chìbǎng HSK7

wing

chì wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翄.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ feather

支 Sound component

zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syeH	s-kʰe-s	wing
Zhengzhang		qʰjes
Unicode	shiə̌

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

bǎng wing, upper arm

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

旁 Sound Meaning component

páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	baːŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“膀，脅也。从肉，聲。髈，膀或从骨。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)