释典 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shìdiǎn

scriptures

shì explain Simplified

Simplified form of 釋. Phonosemantic compound. 釆 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound.

Components

釆 Meaning component

biàn, biǎn distinguish

𠬤 Sound component

yì, zé, dù spy on

Change in sound

释 and 𠬤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
释 *l̥Ak
𠬤 *laːɡ

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

diǎn document, work of scholarship

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a book (冊).

Components

冊 Iconic component

cè book

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tenX	tˤə[r]ʔ	statute, norm

說文解字

《說文》：“典，五帝之書也。从在丌上，尊閣之也。莊都說：“典，大也。’，古文典从竹。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

shì explain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釆 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

釆 Meaning component

biàn, biǎn distinguish

睪 Sound component

yì spy on

Change in sound

釋 and 睪 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
釋 *l̥Ak
睪 *laːɡ

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syek	l̥Ak	release; dissolve

說文解字

《說文》：“釋，解也。从釆，釆，取其分別物也。从睪聲。”

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)