行政总厨 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xíng, háng walk

Depicts a street intersection.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hang	[g]ˤaŋ	rank, row
	haeng	Cə.[g]ˤraŋ	walk (v.)
	haengH	[g]ˤraŋ-s	action

說文解字

《說文》：“行，人之步趨也。从彳，从亍。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.138
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhèng government

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

正 Sound component

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyengH	teŋ-s	government

說文解字

《說文》：“政，正也。从攴，从正，正亦聲。”

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)

zǒng collect Simplified

Simplified form of 總. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bind together", since thread (糹) is used to put things together.

Components

糹 Deleted component

mì silk

悤 Sound Simplified component

cōng agitated

Component uses

Sound (1)

聪

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

chú kitchen Simplified

Simplified form of 廚. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning Simplified component

guǎng roof

尌 Sound Simplified component

shù, zhù standing (something) up

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

橱蹰

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

橱

Sources

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

zǒng collect Traditional

Original meaning: bind together

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bind together", since thread (糹) is used to put things together.