魔戒
Mó​jiè

The Lord of the Rings

魔 mó demon

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components

麻
麻 Sound component
má, ma hemp
鬼
鬼 Meaning component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːl

說文解字

《說文新附》：“魔，鬼也。从鬼，麻聲。”

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)

戒 jiè warn

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a weapon (戈) guarding against danger.

Components

戈
戈 Meaning component
gē spear
廾
廾 Meaning component
gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

械诫誡

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

诫誡

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeajHkˤrək-s
(~ kˤrək)		be on guard

說文解字

《說文》：“戒，警也。从廾持戈，以戒不虞。”

Sources

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