腱鞘
jiàn​qiào

tendon sheath

腱 jiàn, qián tendons

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkan
ɡans

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

鞘 qiào, shāo scabbard

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːw
slewɢs
Unicodeshrau

說文解字

刀室也。从革肖聲。

Sources

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