鞘翅 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qiàochì

elytrum

qiào, shāo scabbard

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

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sreːw
		slewɢs
Unicode	shrau

說文解字

刀室也。从革肖聲。

Sources

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

chì wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翄.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ feather

支 Sound component

zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syeH	s-kʰe-s	wing
Zhengzhang		qʰjes
Unicode	shiə̌

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica