介怀
jiè​huái

mind

介 jiè to lie between

Depicts a person between two lines.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts two things the person is standing between.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

界价阶尬芥疥蚧骱

Simplified (1)

养

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

骱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeajHkˤr[e]p-s armour; scale of animals

說文解字

《說文》：“介，畫也。从八，从人。人各有介。”

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)

怀 huái bosom, embrace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 褱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懷.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

不
不 Simplified component
bù, bu no

Shorthand for the phonetic 褱 component in the traditional character 懷.

Sources

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

懷 huái bosom, embrace Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 褱 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

褱
褱 Sound component
huái to carry in the bosom or the sleeve

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweaj[g]ˤruj bosom; embrace

說文解字

《說文》：“懷，念思也。从心，褱聲。”

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)