赒恤
zhōu​xù

provide relief

赒 zhōu give for charity Simplified

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

恤 xù show pity Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 血 represents the sound. Simplified form of 卹.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

血
血 Sound component
xuè, xiě blood

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswits-[m]i[t]anxiety
Zhengzhangsqʰʷiɡ

說文解字

憂也。收也。从心血聲。

Sources

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

賙 give for charity Traditional

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

卹 xù, sū sympathy Traditional

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷiɡ
Unicodesuit

說文解字

憂也。从血卩聲。一曰鮮少也。

Sources

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