虚伪类真 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xū void, false Simplified

Simplified form of 虛. Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

业 Simplified component

yè profession

Shorthand for the 丘 component in the traditional character 虛.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

墟嘘觑魖歔覷

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

wěi false Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 为 represents the sound. Simplified form of 偽.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

为 Sound component

wèi, wéi do

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lèi class Simplified

Simplified form of 類. Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 頪 represents the sound.

Components

米 Simplified component

mǐ rice

Shorthand for 頪, the sound component in the traditional character 頪.

大 Simplified component

dà, dài big

Shorthand for 犬, the meaning component in the traditional character 頪.

Sources

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

zhēn real

Original meaning: precious

Based on the original meaning "precious", now written as 珍. The meaning later shifted to "genuine" and "true".

Components

𠂈 Sound component

diān, tiǎn to fall forwards

Based on an ancient variant of 殄.

Change in sound

真 and 𠂈 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
真 *ti[n]
𠂈 *[d]ˤə[n]ʔ

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠂈 than it was in ancient scripts.

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China, shells were considered precious and were used as currency.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

真 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
真 *ti[n]
丁 *tˤeŋ

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丁 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Sound (7 of 15 verified)

镇慎填颠滇嗔缜稹瞋鎮禛顛瑱鬒縝

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyin	ti[n]	true, real

說文解字

《說文》：“真，僊人變形而登天也。从，从目，从。八，所乘載也。，古文真。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.643-644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)

xū void, false Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

丘 Meaning component

qiū hill

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

噓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khjo	C.qʰ(r)a	hill, mound; abandoned city
	xjo	qʰ(r)a	empty

說文解字

《說文》：“虛，大丘也。崐崘丘謂之崐崘虛，古者九夫為井，四井為邑，四邑為丘，丘謂之虛。从丘，虍聲。”

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)

wěi false Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 為 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

為 Sound component

wèi, wéi do

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjweH	N-ɢʷ(r)aj-s	FALSE
	ngjweH	m-ɢʷ(r)aj-s	falsify; deceive
Zhengzhang		ŋʷrals

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

lèi class, kind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 頪 represents the sound.

Components

頪 Sound component

bright white

犬 Meaning component

quǎn dog

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lwijH	[r]u[t]-s	category

說文解字

《說文》：“類，種類相似，唯犬為甚。从犬，頪聲。”

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)

虚 xū void, false Simplified

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伪 wěi false Simplified

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类 lèi class Simplified

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真 zhēn real

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虛 xū void, false Traditional

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偽 wěi false Traditional

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類 lèi class, kind Traditional

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xū void, false Simplified

wěi false Simplified

lèi class Simplified

zhēn real

xū void, false Traditional

wěi false Traditional

lèi class, kind Traditional