降幅
jiàng​fú

reduction

降 jiàng, xiáng descend

Depicts two feet (夅) descending down a hill (阝).

Components

阝
阝 Iconic component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜. Depicts a hill.

夅
夅 SoundIconic component
jiàng, xiáng to descend

Depicts two feet walking down a hill.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaewngHkˤruŋ-s (? < *-[u]m-s)descend
haewngm-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)submit

說文解字

《說文》：“降，下也。从，夅聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫張世超《金文形義通解》p.3353
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

幅 fú piece

A roll 畐 of cloth 巾; 畐 also provides the pronunciation

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
畐
畐 SoundMeaning component
fú, bì to fill

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpikp<r>əkstrap around the leg
pjuwkpəkstrap around the leg; width (of cloth); wide
Zhengzhangprɯɡ
pɯɡ
Unicodebiuk

說文解字

布帛廣也。从巾畐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)