zhē​xiá​gāo

concealer

zhē cover, conceal

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk

is a component form of .

Sound component
shù, zhù, zhē numerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyaetA to cover

說文解字

《說文》:“遮,遏也。从辵,庶聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xiá flaw in gem

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Eastern Han 25-220 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-Sagart[ɡ]ˤraflaw, blemish
Zhengzhangɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

玉小赤也。从玉叚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gāo grease, paste

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
gāo high
Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkawCə.kˤaw lard (n.)
kawH[k]ˤaw-s smear with lard (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“膏,肥也。从肉,高聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica