辩护
biàn​hù HSK7

defend

辩 biàn dispute Simplified

Simplified form of 辯. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

辡
辡 Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another

辡 also serves as a meaning component.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

护 hù protect Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 護.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

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

辯 biàn dispute Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
辡
辡 SoundMeaning component
biàn criminals accusing one another

Character Evolution

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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjenX[b]renʔ distinguish, dispute (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“辯，治也。从言在辡之間。”

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)

護 hù protect Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
蒦
蒦 Sound component
huò, wò catch, get

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuH[ɢ]ʷˤak-s protect

說文解字

《說文》：“護，救視也。从言，蒦聲。”

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)