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jiè to lie between

Depicts a person between two lines.

Components

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two things the person is standing between.

Character Evolution

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	keajH	kˤr[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)

shào continue Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紹.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

召 Sound component

zhào summon

Sources

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

shào continue Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

召 Sound component

zhào summon

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		djewʔ
Unicode	zhiɛ̌u

說文解字

《說文》：“紹，繼也。从糸，召聲。一曰紹緊糾也。綤，古文紹从邵。”

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)

介 jiè to lie between

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Sound (3 of 8 verified)

Simplified (1)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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绍 shào continue Simplified

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紹 shào continue Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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jiè to lie between

shào continue Simplified

shào continue Traditional