雁过拔毛 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yàn wild goose

Components

厂 Unknown component

chǎng cliff, (roof)

倠 Unknown component

suī

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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赝

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赝

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngænH	C.[ŋ]ˤrar-s	wild goose
Zhengzhang		ŋraːns
Unicode	ngàn

說文解字

鳥也。从隹从人，厂聲。讀若鴈。

Sources

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

guò, guo pass Simplified

Simplified form of 過. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. The 咼 component was simplified to 寸.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

寸 Simplified component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Shorthand for the 咼 component in the traditional character 過.

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

挝

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Readings & variants: Unicode

bá, ba pull up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and and 犮 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

hand

犮 Sound component

bá, quǎn pull up

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菝

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	beat	bˤ<r>ot	uproot
	bajH	bˤot-s	thinned out (forest)

說文解字

《說文》：“拔，擢也。从手，犮聲。”

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)

máo, mao hair

Pictograph of a feather.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Baxter-Sagart	maw	C.mˤaw	hair

說文解字

《說文》：“毛，眉髮之屬及獸毛也。象形。”

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)

guò, guo pass Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

咼 Sound component

chat

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撾

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwa	Cə.kʷˤaj	tough, fibrous (vegetables)
	kwa	kʷˤaj	to pass
	kwaH	kʷˤaj-s	to pass; transgress

說文解字

度也。从辵咼聲。

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)

雁 yàn wild goose

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过 guò, guo pass Simplified

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拔 bá, ba pull up

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毛 máo, mao hair

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Meaning (3 of 18 verified)

Sound (1 of 8 verified)

Simplified (1)

Iconic (1)

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過 guò, guo pass Traditional

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yàn wild goose

guò, guo pass Simplified

bá, ba pull up

máo, mao hair

guò, guo pass Traditional