超额认购
chāo'é​rèn​gòu

oversubscribed

超 chāo jump over

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

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

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-Sagarttrhjewtʰr[a]w leap over, surpass

說文解字

《說文》：“超，跳也。从走，召聲。”

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)

额 é forehead Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 客 represents the sound. Simplified form of 額.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
客
客 Sound component
kè guest

Sources

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

认 rèn recognize Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 人 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

人
人 Sound component
rén, ren person

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

购 gòu buy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 勾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 購.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

勾
勾 Sound component
gōu hook

Sources

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

額 é forehead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 客 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
客
客 Sound component
kè guest

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngaekC.ŋˤrak (no pre-Qín exx?)forehead

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

認 rèn recognize Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
忍
忍 Sound component
rěn endure

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyinHnə[n]-s know

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

購 gòu buy Traditional

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

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

冓
冓 Sound component
gòu, gōu a secluded place

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuwHkˤ(r)o-s present (v.), give

說文解字

《說文》：“購，以財有所求也。从貝，冓聲。”

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)