shū relax

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shě, shè residence
Sound component
give
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyol̥a slow, easy

說文解字

《說文》:“舒,伸也。从舍,从予,予亦聲。一曰:舒,緩也。”

Sources

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

press, push down Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
earth
yàn dislike

Sources

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

press, push down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
yàn dislike
Meaning component
earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'aepʔˤrep press down

說文解字

《說文》:“壓,壞也。一曰塞補。从土,厭聲。”

Sources

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