袖箭 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiùjiàn

sleeve arrow

xiù sleeve

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

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

由 Sound component

yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Jin 266-420 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjuwH	sə.[l]u-s	sleeve
Zhengzhang		ljɯwɢs
Unicode	ziòu

Sources

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

jiàn arrow

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

前 Sound component

qián in front

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjenH	[ts]en-s	arrow

說文解字

《說文》：“箭，矢也。从竹，前聲。”

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)