薪饷
xīn​xiǎng

military pay

薪 xīn firewood

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 新 represents the sound. Originally written as 新.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

新
新 Sound component
xīn new

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsin[s]i[n] firewood

說文解字

《說文》：“薪，蕘也。从艸，新聲。”

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)

饷 xiǎng rations and pay for soldiers Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餉.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

向
向 Sound component
xiàng toward

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

餉 rations and pay for soldiers Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

向
向 Sound component
xiàng toward

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyangHn̥ aŋ(ʔ)-sgive food; food
Zhengzhanghljaŋs
Unicodeshiɑ̀ng

說文解字

饟也。从食向聲。

Sources

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