辣椒仔
Là​jiāo​zǎi

Tabasco

辣 là spicy

Phonosemantic compound. 辛 represents the meaning and a remnant of 剌 represents the sound.

Components

辛
辛 Meaning component
xīn laborious
剌
剌 SoundRemnant component
lá, là cut, slash

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlatmə.rˤat
(~ C.rˤat ?)		spicy-hot

Sources

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

椒 jiāo pepper

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
叔
叔 Sound component
shū, shu uncle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagarttsews.tˤiwpepper plant
tsjewS.tewpepper plant
Zhengzhangʔsliw
Unicodetziɛu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

仔 zǐ small thing

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 子 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

子
子 SoundMeaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslɯ
ʔslɯʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“仔，克也。从人，子聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)