聘请
pìn​qǐng HSK6

hire

聘 pìn, pìng hire, employ

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 甹 represents the sound.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
甹
甹 Sound component
pīng chivalrous knight

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjiengHp.leŋ-s inquire; invite

說文解字

《說文》：“聘，訪也。从耳，甹聲。”

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)

请 qǐng please Simplified

Simplified form of 請. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Sources

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

請 qǐng please Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzjengm-tsʰeŋ request, invite
tshjengX[tsʰ]eŋʔ request

說文解字

《說文》：“請，謁也。从言，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)