讲解员 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiǎng explain Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 講.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

井 Sound component

jǐng well

Sources

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

jiě divide

Depicts separating (解) the horns (角) from a cow (牛) using a knife (刀).

Components

角 Iconic component

jiǎo, jué horn

刀 Iconic component

dāo knife

牛 Iconic component

niú cow

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

懈蟹邂獬廨澥

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	keaX	kˤreʔ	cut up; unloose
	heaX	N-kˤreʔ	understand
	heaX	N-kˤreʔ	#NAME?

說文解字

《說文》：“解，判也。从刀判牛角。一曰解廌，獸也。”

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)

yuán member Simplified

Simplified form of 員. Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a circle.

贝 Iconic Remnant component

bèi sea shell

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 贝 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

损圆勋陨殒郧埙筼

Sources

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

jiǎng explain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

冓 Sound component

gòu, gōu a secluded place

Change in sound

講 and 冓 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
講 *kˤroŋʔ
冓 *kˤ(r)o-s

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaewngX	kˤroŋʔ	explain; discuss

說文解字

《說文》：“講，和解也。从言，冓聲。”

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)

yuán member Traditional

Original meaning: round

Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a circle.

鼎 Iconic Remnant component

dǐng, zhēn cooking pot

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 鼎 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

韻損勛篔殞隕鄖圓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwen	ɢʷ<r>en	circle; round
	hjun	[ɢ]ʷə[n]	(a particle)

說文解字

《說文》：“員，物數也。从貝，口聲。鼎，籀文从鼎。”

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)

讲 jiǎng explain Simplified

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解 jiě divide

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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员 yuán member Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

Sources

講 jiǎng explain Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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員 yuán member Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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jiǎng explain Simplified

jiě divide

yuán member Simplified

jiǎng explain Traditional

yuán member Traditional