腕级
wàn​jí

A-list

腕 wàn wrist

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

宛
宛 Sound component
wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːns
Unicodequɑ̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

级 jí level Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound. Simplified form of 級.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

及
及 Sound component
jí extend

Sources

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

級 jí level Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

及
及 Sound component
jí extend

Character Evolution

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-Sagartkipk(r)əp degree, grade

說文解字

絲次弟也。从糸及聲。

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)