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jiǎngtí

lecture topic

jiǎng explain Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 講.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

井 Sound component

jǐng well

Sources

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

tí topic Simplified

Original meaning: forehead

Simplified form of 題. Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "forehead". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

是 Sound component

shì, shi is

Change in sound

题 and 是 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

jiǎng explain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

冓 Sound component

gòu, gōu a secluded place

Change in sound

講 and 冓 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
講 *kˤroŋʔ
冓 *kˤ(r)o-s

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaewngX	kˤroŋʔ	explain; discuss

說文解字

《說文》：“講，和解也。从言，冓聲。”

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)

tí topic Traditional

Original meaning: forehead

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "forehead". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

是 Sound component

shì, shi is

Change in sound

題 and 是 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
題 deː
是 *[d]eʔ

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		deː
		deːs
Unicode	dhei

說文解字

《說文》：“題，頟也。从頁，是聲。”

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)

讲 jiǎng explain Simplified

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题 tí topic Simplified

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講 jiǎng explain Traditional

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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題 tí topic Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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jiǎng explain Simplified

tí topic Simplified

jiǎng explain Traditional

tí topic Traditional