诗集 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shījí

anthology

shī poetry Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詩.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

寺 Sound component

sì, shì temple

Sources

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

jí gather, collect

Depicts birds (隹) gathering together on top of a tree (木).

Components

隹 Iconic component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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 Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Remnant (1)

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzip	[dz][u]p	gather, collect

說文解字

《說文》：“雧，羣鳥在木上也。从雥，从木。集，雧或省。”

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)

shī poetry Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

寺 Sound component

sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

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

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syi	s.tə	poetry

說文解字

《說文》：“詩，志也。从言，寺聲。，古文詩省。”

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)