阅读障碍
yuè​dú​zhàng'ài

dyslexia

阅 yuè examine, read Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閱.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange
Change in sound

Sources

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读 dú read Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 讀.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

卖
卖 Simplified component
mài, mai sell

Simplified from the 𧸇 component in the traditional character 讀.

Sources

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障 zhàng block, barricade, hinder

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 章 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

章
章 Sound component
zhāng chapter, seal

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkjaŋ
kjaŋs
Unicodejiɑng
jiɑ̀ng

說文解字

《說文》：“障，隔也。从，章聲。”

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

碍 ài obstruct Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 㝵 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礙.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
㝵
㝵 Sound component
dé, ài to get

Sources

Character origin
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閱 yuè examine, read Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
兌
兌 Sound component
exchange
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywetlotcount, sum up; inspect
Zhengzhanglod

說文解字

《說文》：“閱，具數於門中也。从門，說省聲。”

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

讀 dú read Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
𧸇
𧸇 Sound component
yù to sell

The original sound component 𧸇 was later corrupted to the visually and semantically similar character 賣.

Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartduwkC.lˤok read (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“讀，誦書也。从言，賣聲。”

Sources

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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

礙 ài obstruct Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 疑 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
疑
疑 Sound component
yí doubt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɯːs
Unicodengə̀i

說文解字

《說文》：“礙，止也。从石，疑聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)