触碰到
chù​pèng​dào

reach or touch

触 chù knock against, touch, to butt with the horns Simplified

Simplified form of 觸. Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.

Components

角
角 Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn
虫
虫 Simplified component
chóng bug, insect

Shorthand for the phonetic 蜀 component in the traditional character 觸.

Sources

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

碰 pèng collide

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 並 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
並
並 Sound component
side by side

Sources

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

到 dào, dao go to

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

Components

至
至 Meaning component
zhì reach

Depicts an arrow arriving at its target.

刂
刂 Sound component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

倒

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawHtˤaw[k]-s arrive

說文解字

《說文》：“到，至也。从至，刀聲。”

Sources

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

觸 chù knock against, touch, to butt with the horns Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.

Components

角
角 Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn
蜀
蜀 Sound component
shǔ short name for Sichuan

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhowktʰok knock against

說文解字

《說文》：“觸，抵也。从角，蜀聲。”

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)