述语 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shù tell, narrate

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

术 Sound component

shù art

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zywit	Cə-lut	follow

說文解字

《說文》：“述，循也。从辵，朮聲。，籀文从秫。”

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)

yǔ language Simplified

Simplified form of 語. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

吾 Sound component

wú, yú, yá I, me

Sources

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

yǔ language Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

吾 Sound component

wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjoX	ŋ(r)aʔ	speak
	ngjoH	ŋ(r)aʔ-s	tell

說文解字

《說文》：“語，論也。从言，吾聲。”

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)

述 shù tell, narrate

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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语 yǔ language Simplified

Components

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語 yǔ language Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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shù tell, narrate

yǔ language Simplified

yǔ language Traditional