腾讯 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

téng, teng fly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 朕 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騰.

Components

马 Meaning component

mǎ horse

朕 Sound component

zhèn pronoun 'I'

Sources

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

xùn inquire Simplified

Simplified form of 訊. Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 讠 (speech).

Components

讠 Iconic component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言. Originally 口 (mouth). Later reanalyzed as 讠 (speech).

卂 Sound Iconic component

xùn to fly rapidly

Depicts a captive prisoner with their hands tied behind their back.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

téng, teng fly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 朕 represents the sound.

Components

朕 Sound component

zhèn pronoun 'I'

馬 Meaning component

mǎ horse

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dong	lˤəŋ	to mount; oppress

說文解字

《說文》：“騰，傳也。从馬，朕聲。一曰：騰，犗馬也。”

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)

xùn inquire Traditional

Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 言 (speech).