鞭挞
biān​tà

lash

鞭 biān whip

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

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
便
便 Sound component
biàn, pián convenience

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjienpe[n] whip (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“鞭，驅也。从革，便聲。，古文鞭。”

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)

挞 tà flog Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 达 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撻.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

达
达 Sound component
dá arrive at

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

撻 flog Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

達
達 Sound component
dá arrive at

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːd
tʰaːd
Unicodetɑt

說文解字

鄉飲酒，罰不敬，撻其背。从手達聲。

Sources

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