起司蛋糕 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qǐsīdàngāo

cheesecake

qǐ go up

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

走 Meaning component

zǒu walk

己 Sound component

jǐ self

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khiX	C.qʰ(r)əʔ	rise (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“起，能立也。从走，巳聲。，古文起，从辵。”

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)

sī take charge of

Depicts using a scepter and a mouth (口) to command or take control of something.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a scepter.

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

Alludes to speaking to take control of something.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

词饲嗣伺祠笥詞飼

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	si	s-lə	superintend

說文解字

《說文》：“司，臣司事於外者。从反后。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.709
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延 Sound Remnant component

yán delay

Change in sound

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蛋 l'aːns
延 *la[n]

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

gāo cakes

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 羔 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

羔 Sound component

gāo lamb

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kluː

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang