代祷 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

dài replace

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

弋 Sound component

yì to shoot

Change in sound

代 and 弋 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
代 *lˤək-s
弋 *lək

Character Evolution

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

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

袋贷黛岱玳貸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dojH	lˤək-s	replace

說文解字

《說文》：“代，更也。从人，弋聲。”

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)

dǎo pray Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 寿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 禱.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

寿 Sound component

shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

pray Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

壽 Sound component

shòu old age

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tawX	[t]ˤuʔ	pray
Zhengzhang		tuːʔ
		tuːs
Unicode	dɑ̀u
	dɑ̌u

說文解字

告事求福也。从示壽聲。

Sources

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

代 dài replace

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

祷 dǎo pray Simplified

Components

Sources

禱 pray Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

dài replace

dǎo pray Simplified

pray Traditional