颓废派
tuí​fèi​pài

decadents

颓 tuí ruined Simplified

A bald 秃 head 页; 秃 also provides the pronunciation

Components

秃
秃 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

废 fèi discard, abandon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 发 represents the sound. Simplified form of 廢.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
发
发 Sound component
fā, fa, fà issue

Sources

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

派 pài school of thought, faction

Depicts the water (氵) in a river flowing into different branches (𠂢). The meaning later expanded to "faction", "school of thought", and "style".

Components

氵
氵 Iconic component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠂢
𠂢 SoundIconic component
pài river branching

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒎

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangm̥ʰreːɡs
Unicodepɛ̀i

說文解字

《說文》：“派，別水也。从水，从，亦聲。”

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)

頹 ruined Traditional

A bald 禿 head 頁; 禿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禿
禿 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uːl
Unicodedhuəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

廢 fèi discard, abandon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 發 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
發
發 Sound component
fā, fa, fà send out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjojH[p-k]ap-s cast aside
pjojHpat-s great

說文解字

《說文》：“廢，屋頓也。从广，發聲。”

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)