驿站 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yìzhàn

relay station

yì relay station Simplified

Components

马 Meaning component

mǎ horse

horse

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

zhàn stand up

Phonosemantic compound. 立 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

立 Meaning component

lì stand

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	rteːms

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

relay station Traditional

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

Components

馬 Meaning component

mǎ horse

睪 Sound component

yì spy on

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yek	lAk	post-horse
Zhengzhang		laːɡ
Unicode	iɛk

說文解字

置騎也。从馬睪聲。

Sources

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