请假 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qǐng please Simplified

Simplified form of 請. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

Sources

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

jiǎ, jià falsehood

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

叚 Sound Meaning component

jiǎ, xiá false

叚 also serves as a meaning component.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaeX	Cə.kˤraʔ	borrow; false
	kaeX	kˤraʔ	great

說文解字

《說文》：“假，非真也。从人，叚聲。一曰至也。《虞書》曰：‘假于上下。’”

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)

qǐng please Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzjeng	m-tsʰeŋ	request, invite
	tshjengX	[tsʰ]eŋʔ	request

說文解字

《說文》：“請，謁也。从言，青聲。”

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)

请 qǐng please Simplified

Components

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假 jiǎ, jià falsehood

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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請 qǐng please Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

qǐng please Simplified

jiǎ, jià falsehood

qǐng please Traditional