预防措施 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yù prepare Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound. Simplified form of 預.

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予 Sound component

yǔ give

页 Meaning component

yè page

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蓣

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

fáng defend

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

方 Sound component

fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjang	[m-p]aŋ	dike

說文解字

隄也。从𨸏方聲。

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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)

cuò to place, arrange

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Change in sound

措 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
措 *[tsʰ]ˤak-s
昔 *[s]Ak

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Baxter-Sagart	tshuH	[tsʰ]ˤak-s	place (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“措，置也。从手，昔聲。”

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)

shī grant, bestow

Phonosemantic compound. 㫃 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

㫃 Meaning component

yǎn flags flying

也 Sound component

yě also

Change in sound

施 and 也 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
施 *l̥aj
也 *lAjʔ

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暆

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sye	l̥aj	give, bestow

說文解字

《說文》：“施，旗皃。从，也聲。亝欒施字子旗，知施者旗也。”

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)

yù prepare Traditional

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

Components

予 Sound component

yǔ give

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

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蕷

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		las
Unicode	iù

說文解字

《說文新附》：“預，安也。案經典通用豫。从頁，未詳。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

预 yù prepare Simplified

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防 fáng defend

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措 cuò to place, arrange

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施 shī grant, bestow

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預 yù prepare Traditional

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yù prepare Simplified

fáng defend

cuò to place, arrange

shī grant, bestow

yù prepare Traditional