饲养员 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sì raise animals Simplified

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

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

司 Sound component

sī take charge of

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yǎng raise Simplified

Simplified form of 養. Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

介 Simplified component

jiè to lie between

Shorthand for the 食 component in the traditional character 養.

Sources

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

yuán member Simplified

Simplified form of 員. Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a circle.

贝 Iconic Remnant component

bèi sea shell

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 贝 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

损圆勋陨殒郧埙筼

Sources

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

sì raise animals Traditional

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

Components

飠 Meaning component

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

司 Sound component

sī take charge of

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ziH	s-m-lək-s	feed (v.)
Zhengzhang		ljɯs

Sources

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

yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

食 Meaning component

shí, shi eat

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

癢

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yangX	[ɢ](r)aŋʔ	long, longing
	yangX	[ɢ]aŋʔ	nourish, raise

說文解字

《說文》：“養，供養也。从食，羊聲。，古文養。”

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)

yuán member Traditional

Original meaning: round

Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a circle.

鼎 Iconic Remnant component

dǐng, zhēn cooking pot

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 鼎 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

韻損勛篔殞隕鄖圓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjwen	ɢʷ<r>en	circle; round
	hjun	[ɢ]ʷə[n]	(a particle)

說文解字

《說文》：“員，物數也。从貝，口聲。鼎，籀文从鼎。”

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)

饲 sì raise animals Simplified

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养 yǎng raise Simplified

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员 yuán member Simplified

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Sound (2 of 8 verified)

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飼 sì raise animals Traditional

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Historical Pronunciations

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養 yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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員 yuán member Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 8 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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sì raise animals Simplified

yǎng raise Simplified

yuán member Simplified

sì raise animals Traditional

yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

yuán member Traditional