谱牒
pǔ​dié

genealogy

谱 pǔ register Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 普 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譜.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

普
普 Sound component
pǔ universal

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

牒 dié documents

Components

片
片 Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
枼
枼 Sound component
yè leaf

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'eːb

說文解字

《說文》：“牒，札也。从片，枼聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

譜 register Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
普
普 Sound component
pǔ universal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːʔ

說文解字

籍録也。从言普聲。《史記》从並。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)