虚席以待 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

xí seat, mat

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 庶 represents the sound.

Components

庶 Sound component

shù, zhù, zhē numerous

Change in sound

席 and 庶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
席 *s-m-tAk
庶 *s-tak-s

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjek	s-m-tAk	mat

說文解字

《說文》：“席，籍也。《禮》：‘天子、諸侯席，有黼繡純飾。’从巾，庶省。，古文席，从石省。”

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)

yǐ by means of

Original meaning: carry

Depicts a person (人) carrying something.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts something being carried.

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

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Sound (2 of 4 verified)

似拟苡姒

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yiX	ləʔ	take, use

說文解字

《說文》：“，用也。从反已。賈侍中說，已，意已實也。象形。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.980
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

dài wait, stay, treat

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

寺 Sound component

sì, shì temple

Change in sound

待 and 寺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
待 *[d]ˤəʔ
寺 *s-[d]əʔ-s

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dojX	[d]ˤəʔ	wait on; depend on

說文解字

《說文》：“待，竢也。从彳，寺聲。”

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)

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.

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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)

虚 xū void, false Simplified

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席 xí seat, mat

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以 yǐ by means of

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待 dài wait, stay, treat

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虛 xū void, false Traditional

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xū void, false Simplified

xí seat, mat

yǐ by means of

dài wait, stay, treat

xū void, false Traditional