驳船
bó​chuán

barge

驳 bó varicolored Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駁.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
爻
爻 Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

船 chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywenCə.lo[n] boat

說文解字

《說文》：“船，舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。”

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)

駁 bó varicolored Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
爻
爻 Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwkpˤrawkhorse of mixed color
Zhengzhangpraːwɢ

說文解字

馬色不純。从馬爻聲。

Sources

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