不避艰险 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

bù, bu no

Original meaning: sepals

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjuw	pə	not
	pjuw	pə	不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)

說文解字

《說文》：“不，鳥飛上翔不下來也。从一，一猶天也。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)

bì avoid

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

辟 Sound component

pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjieH	[b]ek-s	avoid

說文解字

《說文》：“避，回也。从辵，辟聲。”

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)

jiān difficult Simplified

Simplified form of 艱. Originally pictograph of person (卩 or 女) guarding a drum (壴) to report difficulties. Later reanalyzed as a compound of 𦰩 and 艮, which both represent the sound.

Components

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 艱.

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Originally written as 壴 but later reanalyzed as 艮 to represent the sound.

Sources

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

xiǎn danger, narrow pass Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 險.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

佥 Sound component

qiān together

Sources

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

jiān difficult Traditional

Originally pictograph of person (卩 or 女) guarding a drum (壴) to report difficulties. Later reanalyzed as a compound of 𦰩 and 艮, which both represent the sound.