被剥削者
bèi​bō​xuē​zhě

exploited

被 bèi quilt, cover

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjeXm-pʰ(r)ajʔ coverlet
bjeHm-pʰ(r)ajʔ-s cover (v.)
phjemə-pʰ(r)aj cover oneself with
phjeHpʰ(r)aj-s cloak

說文解字

《說文》：“被，衣，長一身有半。从衣，皮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

剥 bō peel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 剝.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

录
录 Sound component
lù copy

Sources

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Unicode

削 xuē, xiāo scrape off

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsræwH[sˤ]rewk-szone near the capital
sjak[s]ewkscrape, pare
sjewH[s]ewk-sscrape, pare
Zhengzhangslewɢ
Unicodesiɑk

說文解字

鞞也。一曰析也。从刀肖聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

者 zhě one who...

Original meaning: paper mulberry

Pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves, now written as 楮. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Original form of 楮.

口
口 Distinguishing component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (14 of 28 verified)

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Simplified (1)

书

Iconic (1)

楮

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyaeXtAʔ (nominalizing particle)

說文解字

《說文》：“者，別事詞也。从白，聲。，古文旅字。”

Sources

Character origin
林志強《《文源》評注》p.524-525李学勤《字源》p.290
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

剝 bō peel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

彔
彔 Sound component
lù to carve wood

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwk[p]ˤrok
(~ *mə-pˤrok)		flay, peel
Zhengzhangproːɡ
Unicodepak

說文解字

裂也。从刀从录。录，刻割也。录亦聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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