赢球
yíng​qiú

win a match

赢 yíng win Simplified

Simplified form of 贏. Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 𣎆 represents the sound.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

𣎆
𣎆 Sound component
luò legendary animal
Change in sound

Sources

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

球 qiú ball

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求
求 Sound component
qiú seek

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartgjuw[g](r)[u] 'ball'?

說文解字

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”

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)

贏 win Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 𣎆 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

𣎆
𣎆 Sound component
luò legendary animal
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyeng[ɢ]eŋ profit; surplus

說文解字

《說文》：“贏，有餘賈利也。从貝，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)