隋代
Suí​dài

Sui dynasty

隋 suí, duò, tuǒ Sui dynasty

Original meaning: shred sacrificial meat

Phonosemantic compound. 隓 represents the sound and ⺼ represents the meaning.

Components

隓
隓 SoundRemnant component
huī, duò destroy
⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Change in meaning
⺼ hints at the original meaning of 隋, "shred sacrificial meat", which is no longer the most common meaning of 隋 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

隳隨墮橢陏

Remnant (1)

陏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjwieHl̥oj-s (W. dialect: *l̥- > x-)shred sacrificial meat
dwaXlˤojʔ to fall
dwaXlˤojʔ to fall
zjwesə.loj (place name)
sjweHs-loj-s shred sacrificial meat
thwaXl̥ˤojʔ shred sacrificial meat

說文解字

《說文》：“隋，裂肉也。从肉，从隓省。”

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)

代 dài replace

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

弋
弋 Sound component
yì to shoot
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

袋贷黛岱玳貸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdojHlˤək-s replace

說文解字

《說文》：“代，更也。从人，弋聲。”

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)