饲主
sì​zhǔ

pet owner

饲 sì raise animals Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 司 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飼.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

司
司 Sound component
sī take charge of

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

主 zhǔ master

Original meaning: deity

Pictograph of a memorial tablet used for spiritual rituals, similar to 示.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 11 verified)

住注驻柱蛀拄炷麈疰駐註

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyuXtoʔ master; host

說文解字

《說文》：“主，鐙中火主也。从凵土，象形；从丶，丶亦聲。”

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)

飼 sì raise animals Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 司 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

司
司 Sound component
sī take charge of

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartziHs-m-lək-sfeed (v.)
Zhengzhangljɯs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang