靶船 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bǎchuán

target ship

bǎ, bà target

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

巴 Sound component

ba, bā to wish

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		praːs
Unicode	bà

說文解字

轡革也。从革巴聲。

Sources

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

chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

舟 Meaning component

zhōu boat

㕣 Sound component

yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Change in sound

船 and 㕣 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
船 *Cə.lo[n]
㕣 lon

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zywen	Cə.lo[n]	boat

說文解字

《說文》：“船，舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。”

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)

靶 bǎ, bà target

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說文解字

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船 chuán ship

Components

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bǎ, bà target

chuán ship