邀功
yāo​gōng

claim credit

邀 yāo invite

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqlew
kleːw
Unicodeqiɛu

Sources

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

功 gōng achievement

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

工
工 Sound component
gōng work
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
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 (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuwngkˤoŋ work, effort

說文解字

《說文》：“功，以勞定國也。从力，从工，工亦聲。”

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)