送旧迎新 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sòng see off

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

灷 Sound component

zhuàn seal up gaps of a boat

Modern form looks like 关.

Change in sound

送 and 灷 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	suwngH	[s]ˤoŋ-s	escort (v.), send

說文解字

遣也。从辵，㑞省。

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)

jiù old Simplified

Simplified form of 舊. Derived from the cursive form of the sound component 臼.

Components

臼 Sound Simplified component

jiù mortar

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yíng receive

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

卬 Sound component

áng, ang, yǎng high

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjaeng	ŋ<r>aŋ	go to meet
	ngjaengH	ŋ<r>aŋ-s	go to meet

說文解字

逢也。从辵卬聲。

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)

xīn new

Original meaning: firewood

Phonosemantic component. 辛 represents the sound, and 斤 (axe) and 木 (tree) represent the original meaning "firewood", now written as 薪. The meaning later shifted to "fresh" and "new".

Components

辛 Sound component

xīn laborious

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Depicts a tree being cut for firewood.

Change in meaning

木 hints at the original meaning of 新, "firewood", which is no longer the most common meaning of 新 in modern Mandarin.

斤 Iconic component

jīn axe

Depicts an axe cutting a tree for firewood.

Change in meaning

斤 hints at the original meaning of 新, "firewood", which is no longer the most common meaning of 新 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

薪

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sin	s.tsʰi[n]	new

說文解字

《說文》：“新，取木也。从斤，新聲。”

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)

jiù old Traditional

Original meaning: type of owl

Phonosemantic compound. 雈 represents the meaning and 臼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of owl". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.