zhuāng​shǎ​chōng​lèng

play dumb

zhuāng dress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
Meaning component
clothes

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

shǎ foolish

Depicts a person () with a gap in their skull (𡕩), i.e. with no brains.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

𡕩
𡕩 Meaning component
mǎn gap between bones in skull

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷraːʔ
sqʰʷraːs

Sources

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

chōng fill

Pictograph of an adult person with a hairpin in their hair, indicating being fully grown up into adulthood. In ancient China, adults usually wore a hairpin. Similar in origin to .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhuwngtʰuŋ full, fill

說文解字

《說文》:“充,長也;高也。从儿,育省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
許進雄《簡明中國文字學》p.339-340
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

lèng be in a daze

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
wǎng net or eye
Unknown component
fāng, fang square

Sources

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Unicode

zhuāng dress Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
Meaning component
clothes

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraŋ
ʔsraŋs
Unicodejriɑng

說文解字

《說文》:“裝,裹也。从衣,壯聲。”

Sources

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