脱粒机 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tuō take off Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脫.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

脱 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脱 *lˤot-s
兑 *lˤot-s

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dwajH	lˤot-s	easy, leisurely
	dwat	lˤot	remove outer covering
	thwat	mə-l̥ˤot	peel off

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

lì grain

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 立 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

立 Sound component

lì stand

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lip	p.rəp	grains of rice
Zhengzhang		rɯb
Unicode	lip

說文解字

糂也。从米立聲。

Sources

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

jī machine Simplified

Simplified form of 機. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

几 Sound Simplified component

jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kijX	krəjʔ	small table, stool

說文解字

《說文》：“机，木也。从木，几聲。”

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)

tuō take off Traditional

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

脫 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
脫 *lˤot-s
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

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說文解字

《說文》：“脫，消肉臞也。从肉，兌聲。”

Sources

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

jī machine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

幾 Sound component

jǐ how much

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kj+j	kəj	mechanism

說文解字

《說文》：“機，主發謂之機。从木，幾聲。”

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)

脱 tuō take off Simplified

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粒 lì grain

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机 jī machine Simplified

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脫 tuō take off Traditional

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機 jī machine Traditional

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tuō take off Simplified

lì grain

jī machine Simplified

tuō take off Traditional

jī machine Traditional