秉赋

秉 bǐng grasp

Depicts a hand (又) holding a grain stalk (禾). Similar in origin to 兼.

Components

禾
禾 Iconic component
hé grain stalk
又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjaengXpraŋʔ grasp

說文解字

《說文》：“秉，禾束也。从又，持禾。”

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)

赋 fù tax Simplified

Money 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
武
武 SoundMeaning component
wǔ military

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

賦 tax Traditional

Money 貝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
武
武 SoundMeaning component
wǔ military

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjuHp(r)a-stax; ballad
Zhengzhangmpas
Unicodebiò
biò

說文解字

斂也。从貝武聲。

Sources

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