陪嫁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

péijià

dowry

péi accompany

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

咅 Sound component

pǒu to spit out

Change in sound

陪 and 咅 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
陪 bɯː
咅 pʰɯʔ

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		bɯː
Unicode	bhəi

說文解字

《說文》：“陪，重土也。一曰滿也。从，咅聲。”

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)

jià to marry

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 家 represents the sound.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

家 Sound component

jiā, jia house

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæH	kˤra-s	go (as a bride) to one"s new home
	kæH	s-kˤra-s	send (one’s daughter) as a bride
Zhengzhang		kraːs
Unicode	gà

說文解字

女適人也。从女家聲。

Sources

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

陪 péi accompany

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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嫁 jià to marry

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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péi accompany

jià to marry