倒叙
dào​xù

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倒 dào, dǎo fall over

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

到
到 Sound component
dào, dao go to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤawʔ turn upside down (v.i.)
tawHtˤawʔ-s turn over, invert; pour

說文解字

《說文新附》：“倒，仆也。从人，到聲。”

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)

叙 xù express Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 又 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Simplified form of 敘.

Components

又
又 Meaning component
yòu again
余
余 Sound component
yú I

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

溆

Sources

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Unicode

敘 xù express Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

漵

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjoXs-m-taʔorder (v.)
Zhengzhangljaʔ

說文解字

次弟也。从攴余聲。

Sources

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