追踪调查 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhuī pursue

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

𠂤 Sound component

duī mound

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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槌缒

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trwij	truj	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)

zōng footprints Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹤.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

宗 Sound component

zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsoŋ

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

调 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
调 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

chá investigate

Original meaning: hawthorn tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "hawthorn tree", now written as 柤. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 且 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 8 verified)

渣喳碴楂馇揸猹齄

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔsraː
	zraː
	zraː

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

zōng footprints Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 從 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

從 Sound component

cóng, cōng from

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsloŋ
Unicode	tziong

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Change in sound

調 and 周 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
調 *[d]ˤiw
周 *tiw

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dew	[d]ˤiw	tune (v.), adjust

說文解字

《說文》：“調，和也。从言，周聲。”

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)

追 zhuī pursue

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踪 zōng footprints Simplified

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调 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

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查 chá investigate

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蹤 zōng footprints Traditional

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調 diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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zhuī pursue

zōng footprints Simplified

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Simplified

chá investigate

zōng footprints Traditional

diào, tiáo adjust, tune Traditional