代销店 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)

xiāo melt, sell Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銷.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Sources

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

diàn shop

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

店 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
店 *tˤem-s
占 *tem

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

惦掂踮

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temH	tˤem-s	shop [not in GSR]

Sources

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

xiāo melt, sell Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sew
Unicode	siɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“銷，鑠金也。从金，肖聲。”

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)

代 dài replace

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Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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销 xiāo melt, sell Simplified

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店 diàn shop

Components

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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銷 xiāo melt, sell Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

dài replace

xiāo melt, sell Simplified

diàn shop

xiāo melt, sell Traditional