舰首
jiàn​shǒu

bow

舰 jiàn warship Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 见 represents the sound. Simplified form of 艦.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
见
见 Sound component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Sources

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

首 shǒu head

Pictograph of a head (hair above a face with an eye).

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (4)

县页頁縣

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

馗艏馘

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

道艏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyuwXl̥uʔ head
syuwHl̥uʔ-s turn the head towards

說文解字

《說文》：“首，同，古文也。巛象髮，謂之鬊，鬊即巛也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.700
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

艦 jiàn warship Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡraːmʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang