俸恤
fèng​xù

salary and pension

俸 fèng, běng wages

Wages offered 奉 to a person 亻; 奉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
奉
奉 SoundMeaning component
fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpoːŋʔ
boŋs
Unicodebhiòng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

恤 xù show pity

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 血 represents the sound. Simplified form of 卹.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

血
血 Sound component
xuè, xiě blood

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswits-[m]i[t]anxiety
Zhengzhangsqʰʷiɡ

說文解字

憂也。收也。从心血聲。

Sources

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