镜像站点 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jìng mirror Simplified

Simplified form of 鏡. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 竟 represents the sound.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

竟 Sound component

jìng actually

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

xiàng resemble

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 象 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

象 Sound component

xiàng elephant

Character Evolution

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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjangX	s.[d]aŋʔ	image; resemble

說文解字

象也。从人从象，象亦聲。讀若養。

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)

zhàn stand up

Phonosemantic compound. 立 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

立 Meaning component

lì stand

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	rteːms

Sources

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

diǎn dot Simplified

Simplified form of 點. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

点 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
点 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

灬 Meaning Simplified component

biāo, huǒ fire

Simplified from the 黑 (black) component in the traditional character 點.

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Sources

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

jìng mirror Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 竟 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

竟 Sound component

jìng actually

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjaengH	C.qraŋʔ-s	mirror

說文解字

《說文》：“鏡，景也。从金，竟聲。”

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)

diǎn dot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

黑 Meaning component

hēi black

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

點 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
點 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temX	tˤemʔ	black spot

說文解字

《說文》：“點，小黑也。从黑，占聲。”

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)

镜 jìng mirror Simplified

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像 xiàng resemble

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站 zhàn stand up

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点 diǎn dot Simplified

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鏡 jìng mirror Traditional

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點 diǎn dot Traditional

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jìng mirror Simplified

xiàng resemble

zhàn stand up

diǎn dot Simplified

jìng mirror Traditional

diǎn dot Traditional