举贤良对策 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

jǔ, ju raise Simplified

Simplified form of 舉. Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Change in form

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

兴 Simplified component

xìng, xīng rise, flourish

Shorthand for the 與 component in the traditional character 舉.

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榉

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Readings & variants: Unicode

xián, xiàn virtuous Simplified

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又 Unknown component

yòu again

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

money

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Readings & variants: Unicode

liáng good

Original meaning: hallway

Pictograph of a hallway, now written as 廊. The character is based on the original meaning "hallway". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljang	[r]aŋ	good

說文解字

《說文》：“良，善也。从畗省，亡聲。”

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)

duì correct Simplified

Original meaning: develop land

Simplified form of 對. Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

Components

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the left half of 對.

寸 Iconic component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

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Simplified (1)

树

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

怼

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

cè scheme, plan

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 朿 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹. Writing used to be done on bamboo strips.

朿 Sound component

cì thorn, stab

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	tsrheak	[tsʰ](ˤ)rek	tablet, record

說文解字

《說文》：“策，馬箠也。从竹，朿聲。”

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)

jǔ, ju raise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Change in form

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

與 Sound component

yǔ, yù together with

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櫸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjoX	C.q(r)aʔ	lift, raise
	kjoX	[k](r)aʔ	all

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica

virtuous Traditional

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

Components

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

臤 Sound component

to gouge out an eye

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hen	[g]ˤi[n]	worthy
Zhengzhang		ɡiːn
Unicode	hen

說文解字

多才也。从貝臤聲。

Sources

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

duì correct Traditional

Original meaning: develop land

Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

Components

丵 Iconic component

zhuó chisel

Depicts a farming tool.

土 Iconic component

tǔ earth

寸 Iconic component

cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

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懟

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	twojH	[t]ˤ[u]p-s	respond

說文解字

《說文》：“，譍無方也。从丵，从口，从寸。對，或从土。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.169-171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)

举 jǔ, ju raise Simplified

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贤 xián, xiàn virtuous Simplified

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良 liáng good

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Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

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对 duì correct Simplified

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策 cè scheme, plan

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舉 jǔ, ju raise Traditional

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賢 virtuous Traditional

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對 duì correct Traditional

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jǔ, ju raise Simplified

xián, xiàn virtuous Simplified

liáng good

duì correct Simplified

cè scheme, plan

jǔ, ju raise Traditional

virtuous Traditional

duì correct Traditional