衬垫
chèn​diàn

pad

衬 chèn inner garment Simplified

Simplified form of 襯. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 親 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

寸
寸 Simplified component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Shorthand for the 親 component in the traditional character 襯.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

垫 diàn advance money Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 执 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墊.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
执
执 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

襯 chèn inner garment Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 親 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

親
親 Sound component
qīn, qin relatives

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰrins
Unicodetsìn

Sources

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

墊 diàn advance money Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 執 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
執
執 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttemH[t]ˤ[i]m-sdescend
tep[t]ˤip(place in Sìchuān, no pre-Hàn text)
Zhengzhangtiːms
diːb

說文解字

下也。《春秋傳》曰：“墊隘。”从土執聲。

Sources

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