雕谢

雕 diāo engrave

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttewtˤiwbird of prey
Zhengzhangtɯːw
Unicodedeu

說文解字

鷻也。从隹周聲。

Sources

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

谢 xiè, xie thank Simplified

Simplified form of 謝. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 射 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

射
射 Sound component
shè shoot

Sources

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

謝 xiè, xie thank Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 射 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
射
射 Sound component
shè shoot

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjaeHsə-lAk-s decline, renounce

說文解字

《說文》：“謝，辤去也。从言，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)