边防警察 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

biān, bian edge Simplified

Simplified form of 邊. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 and 方 represent the meaning, while 自 and 丙 represent the sound. The traditional components 自 and 丙 were removed for simplification.

Components

力 Simplified component

lì, li power

Shorthand for the 方 component in the traditional character 邊.

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

笾

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

fáng defend

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

方 Sound component

fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjang	[m-p]aŋ	dike

說文解字

隄也。从𨸏方聲。

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)

jǐng warn

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

Components

敬 Sound component

jìng respect

言 Meaning component

yán speech

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjaengX	kreŋʔ	warn, admonish

說文解字

戒也。从言从敬，敬亦聲。

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)

chá examine

Original meaning: eaves

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 祭 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "eaves". The meaning later shifted to "observe from above", "examine", and "inspect".