隐私权
yǐn​sī​quán

privacy rights

隐 yǐn hide Simplified

Simplified form of 隱. Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

急
急 Simplified component
jí urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic 㥯 component in the traditional character 隱.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瘾

Sources

Character origin
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私 sī private

Original meaning: grain

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 厶 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "grain". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
厶
厶 SoundMeaning component
sī, mǒu private, selfish

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsij[s]əj private

說文解字

《說文》：“私，禾也。从禾，厶聲。北道名禾主人曰私主人。”

Sources

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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

权 quán power Simplified

Simplified form of 權. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
又
又 Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 權.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

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隱 yǐn hide Traditional

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

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

㥯
㥯 Sound component
yǐn careful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
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 (0 of 2 verified)

檃癮

Remnant (0 of 1 verified)

檃

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'j+nX[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ grieved; suffering
'j+nX[ʔ](r)ə[n]ʔ conceal
'j+nHʔ(r)ə[r]ʔ-s lean on

說文解字

《說文》：“隱，蔽也。从，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

權 quán power, right Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjwen[g]ʷrar weight of a steelyard

說文解字

《說文》：“權，黃華木。从木，雚聲。一曰反常。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)