障碍滑雪 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhàng block, barricade, hinder

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

章 Sound component

zhāng chapter, seal

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kjaŋ
		kjaŋs
Unicode	jiɑng
	jiɑ̀ng

說文解字

《說文》：“障，隔也。从，章聲。”

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)

ài obstruct Simplified

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

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

㝵 Sound component

dé, ài to get

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

huá, hua slip, slide

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 骨 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

骨 Sound component

gǔ, gú bone

Change in sound

滑 and 骨 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
滑 *Nə-gˤrut
骨 *kˤut

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hweat	Nə-gˤrut	slippery

說文解字

《說文》：“滑，利也。从水，骨聲。”

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)

xuě snow

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 彗 represents the sound.

Components

雨 Meaning component

yǔ rain

彗 Sound Remnant component

huì, suì broom

Change in sound

雪 and 彗 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
雪 sjwet
彗 zjwejH

Character Evolution

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鳕鱈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjwet	[s]ot	snow

說文解字

《說文》：“，凝雨說物者。”

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)

ài obstruct Traditional

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

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

疑 Sound component

yí doubt

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋɯːs
Unicode	ngə̀i

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)

障 zhàng block, barricade, hinder

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碍 ài obstruct Simplified

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滑 huá, hua slip, slide

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說文解字

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雪 xuě snow

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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說文解字

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礙 ài obstruct Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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zhàng block, barricade, hinder

ài obstruct Simplified

huá, hua slip, slide

xuě snow

ài obstruct Traditional