集成显卡 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jí gather, collect

Depicts birds (隹) gathering together on top of a tree (木).

Components

隹 Iconic component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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

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杂

Sound (1)

雜

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzip	[dz][u]p	gather, collect

說文解字

《說文》：“雧，羣鳥在木上也。从雥，从木。集，雧或省。”

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)

chéng, cheng completed

Original meaning: city

Depicts defending city walls (丁) with an axe (戌). 丁 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "city", now written as 城. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

戌 Iconic component

xū, qu 11th terrestrial branch

Depicts an axe.

丁 Sound Iconic component

dīng cubes

Depicts city walls.

Change in sound

成 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
成 *[d]eŋ
丁 *tˤeŋ

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丁 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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Sound (4 of 6 verified)

城盛诚晟铖誠

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyeng	[d]eŋ	to become (v.i.)
	dzyeng	m-[d]eŋ	to complete (tr. v)

說文解字

《說文》：“成，就也。从戊，丁聲。，古文成从午。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.963-964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)

xiǎn evident, make visible, clear Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 𢇁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顯.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

业 Simplified component

yè profession

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇁 component in the traditional character 㬎.

Component uses

Sound (1)

湿

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.783-784漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

kǎ stuck

Origin unclear, but typically explained as being stuck between something above (上) and something below (下). The uses of 卡 to mean "card" or "calorie" are foreign phonetic loans.

Components

上 Iconic component

shàng, shang up

下 Iconic component

xià, xia under

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

咔胩佧

Sources

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

xiǎn make visible, clear Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 㬎 represents the sound and 頁 represents the meaning.

Components

㬎 Sound Meaning component

xiǎn visible, bright

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a person whose head is emphasized.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xenX	qʰˤenʔ	display, manifest

說文解字

《說文》：“顯，頭明飾也。从頁，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.783-784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)

集 jí gather, collect

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Sound (1)

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說文解字

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成 chéng, cheng completed

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Character Evolution

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Sound (4 of 6 verified)

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說文解字

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显 xiǎn evident, make visible, clear Simplified

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Sound (1)

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卡 kǎ stuck

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

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顯 xiǎn make visible, clear Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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jí gather, collect

chéng, cheng completed

xiǎn evident, make visible, clear Simplified

kǎ stuck

xiǎn make visible, clear Traditional