鼠标垫
shǔ​biāo​diàn

mousepad

鼠 shǔ rat

Pictograph of a rat.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 Qin 221-206 BC
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

Meaning (1 of 9 verified)

鼹鼬鼩鼯鼷鼱鼢竄鼴

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyoX[l̥]aʔ rat

說文解字

《說文》：“鼠，穴蟲之總名也，象形。”

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)

标 biāo mark, symbol Simplified

Simplified form of 標. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
示
示 Simplified component
shì show

Shorthand for the 票 component in the traditional character 標.

Sources

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

垫 diàn advance money Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 执 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墊.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
执
执 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

標 biāo mark, symbol Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangpew
pewʔ
Unicodebiɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“，木杪末也，从木聲。”

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)

墊 diàn advance money Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 執 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
執
執 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttemH[t]ˤ[i]m-sdescend
tep[t]ˤip(place in Sìchuān, no pre-Hàn text)
Zhengzhangtiːms
diːb

說文解字

下也。《春秋傳》曰：“墊隘。”从土執聲。

Sources

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