调摄 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tiáoshè

recuperate

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

调 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
调 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Historical Pronunciations

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

shè take in Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 聂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攝.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

聂 Sound component

niè, zhé, shè whisper

Change in sound

摄 and 聂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
摄 *kə.n̥ep
聂 *nrep

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

調 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
調 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	[d]ˤiw	tune (v.), adjust

說文解字

《說文》：“調，和也。从言，周聲。”

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)

shè take in Traditional

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

聶 Sound component

whisper

Change in sound

攝 and 聶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
攝 *kə.n̥ep
聶 *nrep

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syep	kə.n̥ep	catch, gather up

說文解字

《說文》：“攝，引持也。从手，聶聲。”

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)

调 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

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摄 shè take in Simplified

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調 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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攝 shè take in Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

shè take in Simplified

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

shè take in Traditional