追赠
zhuī​zèng

confer posthumously

追 zhuī pursue

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

𠂤
𠂤 Sound component
duī mound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

槌缒

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrwijtruj pursue

說文解字

逐也。从辵𠂤聲。

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)

赠 zèng give present Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贈.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

贈 give present Traditional

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

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzongH[dz]ˤəŋ-sgive
Zhengzhangzɯːŋs
Unicodedzhə̀ng

說文解字

玩好相送也。从貝曾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)