试播
shì​bō

test broadcast

试 shì test Simplified

Simplified form of 試. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 式 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

式
式 Sound component
shì, shi style

Sources

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

播 bō sow, scatter, broadcast

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

番
番 Sound component
fān to take turns
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaHpˤar-s to sow

說文解字

《說文》：“播，穜也。一曰布也。从手，番聲。，古文播。”

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)

試 shì test Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
式
式 Sound component
shì, shi style

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyiHl̥ək-s test, try

說文解字

《說文》：“試，用也。从言，式聲。《虞書》曰：‘明試以功。’”

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)