育婴师 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yù to have children

Phonosemantic compound. 𠫓 represents the meaning and ⺼ represents the sound. Originally written as 毓.

Components

𠫓 Iconic component

tū, yù newborn

Depicts an upside-down child being born head-first. Upside-down rotation of 子.

⺼ Sound component

ròu meat, flesh

Change in sound

育 and ⺼ don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
育 yuwk
⺼ nyuwk

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

唷淯

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

澈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yuwk	m-quk	breed, produce

說文解字

養子使作善也。从𠫓肉聲。《虞書》曰：“教育子。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.974
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yīng infant Simplified

Original meaning: necklace

Simplified form of 嬰. Depicts a woman (女) wearing shell ornaments (賏) around her neck. 賏 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "necklace". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "infant" or "baby".

Components

賏 Sound Iconic Simplified component

yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together

Depicts two shells (贝) strung together.

女 Iconic component

nǚ, nü woman

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

樱鹦缨嘤瘿璎撄

Sources

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

shī teacher Simplified

Simplified form of 師. 𠂤 and 帀 both represent the sound.

Components

刂 Simplified component

dāo knife

Shorthand for the 𠂤 component in the traditional character 師.

帀 Sound component

zā to go round

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

狮筛蛳浉

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.500-501
Readings & variants: Unicode

yīng infant Traditional

Original meaning: necklace

Depicts a woman (女) wearing shell ornaments (賏) around her neck. 賏 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "necklace". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "infant" or "baby".

Components

賏 Sound Iconic component

yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together

Depicts two shells (貝) strung together.

女 Iconic component

nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 4 verified)

纓櫻鸚瓔

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jieng	ʔeŋ	surround; necklace
	'jieng	ʔeŋ	baby

說文解字

《說文》：“嬰，頸飾也。从女、賏，賏，其連也。”

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)

shī teacher Traditional

𠂤 and 帀 both represent the sound.

Components

𠂤 Sound component

duī mound

Change in sound

師 and 𠂤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
師 *srij
𠂤 *C.tˤuj

帀 Sound component

zā to go round

Change in sound

師 and 帀 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
師 *srij
帀 *[ts]ˤ[ə]p

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srij	srij	army
	srij	srij	master

說文解字

《說文》：“師，二千五百人為師。从帀，从。，四帀眾意也。，古文師。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.500-501
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

育 yù to have children

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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婴 yīng infant Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

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师 shī teacher Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

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嬰 yīng infant Traditional

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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師 shī teacher Traditional

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (3)

Remnant (3)

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

yù to have children

yīng infant Simplified

shī teacher Simplified

yīng infant Traditional

shī teacher Traditional