乳贴 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

rǔtiē

pasties

rǔ breast, milk

Depicts a mother holding (爫) a child (子) breastfeeding it.

Components

爫 Iconic component

zhǎo hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪. Depicts a hand.

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ child

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a mother breastfeeding.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyuX	noʔ	milk; nipple

說文解字

《說文》：“乳，人及鳥生子曰乳，獸曰產。从孚，从乙。乙者，玄鳥也。《明堂》、《月令》：‘玄鳥至之日，祠于高禖以請子。’故乳从乙。請子必以乙至之日者，乙春分來，秋分去，開生之候鳥，帝少昊司分之官也。”

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)

tiē paste to Simplified

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貼.

Components

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

贝 hints at the original meaning of 贴, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 贴 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

贴 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
贴 thep
占 tsyem

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

tiē to paste Traditional

Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

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

Components

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

貝 hints at the original meaning of 貼, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 貼 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

貼 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
貼 thep
占 tsyem

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thep	[tʰ]ˤ[e]p	paste (v.) [not in GSR]

說文解字

《說文新附》：“貼，以物為質也。从貝，占聲。”

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)

乳 rǔ breast, milk

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

贴 tiē paste to Simplified

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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貼 tiē to paste Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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rǔ breast, milk

tiē paste to Simplified

tiē to paste Traditional