能量代谢 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

néng to be able

Original meaning: bear

Pictograph of a bear. Based on the original meaning "bear". The meaning of this character has shifted over time to mean "strong" and "ability, power". Original form of 熊.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Component uses

Iconic (2)

熊罷

Sound (1)

態

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	noj	nˤə	a kind of bear
	nong	nˤə(ŋ)	a kind of bear
	nong	nˤə(ʔ) (~ *nˤəŋ)	able; ability

說文解字

《說文》：“能，熊屬，足似鹿。从肉，聲。能獸堅中，故稱賢能，而彊壯稱能傑也。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.752
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

liàng, liang, liáng measure

Phonosemantic compound. 東 (pictograph of a bag) represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

昜 Sound Remnant component

yáng bright

Modern form written like 旦.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 昜 than it was in ancient scripts.

東 Iconic Remnant component

dōng east

Depicts a bag. Modern form written like 里.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 東 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1)

糧

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljang	[r]aŋ	measure (v.)
	ljangH	[r]aŋ-s	measure (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“量，稱輕重也。从重省，曏省聲。，古文量。”

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)

dài replace

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

弋 Sound component

yì to shoot

Change in sound

代 and 弋 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
代 *lˤək-s
弋 *lək

Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 6 verified)

袋贷黛岱玳貸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dojH	lˤək-s	replace

說文解字

《說文》：“代，更也。从人，弋聲。”

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)

xiè, xie thank Simplified

Simplified form of 謝. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 射 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

射 Sound component

shè shoot

Sources

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

xiè, xie thank Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

射 Sound component

shè shoot

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjaeH	sə-lAk-s	decline, renounce

說文解字

《說文》：“謝，辤去也。从言，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)

能 néng to be able

Character Evolution

Component uses

Iconic (2)

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

量 liàng, liang, liáng measure

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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代 dài replace

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

谢 xiè, xie thank Simplified

Components

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謝 xiè, xie thank Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

néng to be able

liàng, liang, liáng measure

dài replace

xiè, xie thank Simplified

xiè, xie thank Traditional