辽沈战役
Liáo​shěn Zhàn​yì

Liaoshen Campaign

辽 liáo distant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 了 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遼.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

了
了 Sound component
le, liǎo, liào finish

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沈 shěn, chén, tán sink Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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 Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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-SagartdrimC.[d]r[ə]m
(~ *m-lr[ə]m)		sink (v.t.)
drim[d]r[ə]m
(~ *m-lr[ə]m)		sink (v.i.)
drim[d]r[ə]m sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water
drimH[d]r[ə]m-s sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water
syimX[s.t][ə]mʔ (name of a state)

說文解字

《說文》：“沈，陵上滈水也。从水，冘聲。一曰濁黕也。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

战 zhàn war Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 戰.

Components

占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine
戈
戈 Meaning component
gē spear

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役 yì service

Original meaning: to command

Originally written as 伇, which depicts a person (亻) being controlled by a weapon (殳). Based on the original meaning "to command". The meaning later shifted to "servant" and "service".

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
rén person

Depicts a person. Modern form looks like unrelated 彳.

殳
殳 Iconic component
shū weapon or tool

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

疫

Remnant (1)

疫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywekɢʷek war expedition; service

說文解字

《說文》：“役，戍邊也。从殳，从彳。，古文役从人。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

遼 liáo distant Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Chinese
Zhengzhangreːw
Unicodeleu

說文解字

遠也。从辵尞聲。

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瀋 sink Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 審 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

審
審 Sound component
shěn examine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhimXtʰ[ə]mʔliquid
Zhengzhangl̥ʰjɯmʔ

說文解字

汁也。从水審聲。《春秋傳》曰：“猶拾瀋。”

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

戰 zhàn war Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components

單
單 Sound component
dān single
戈
戈 Meaning component
gē spear

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyenHtar-s to fear
tsyenHtar-s battle

說文解字

《說文》：“戰，鬭也。从戈，單聲。”

Sources

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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)