借译
jiè​yì

calque

借 jiè borrow

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

昔
昔 Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjaeH[ts]Ak-s loan, borrow
tsjek[ts]Ak loan, borrow

說文解字

《說文》：“借，假也。从人，昔聲。”

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)

译 yì translate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譯.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

𠬤
𠬤 Sound component
yì, zé, dù spy on

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

譯 yì translate Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
睪
睪 Sound component
yì spy on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyeklAk interpret

說文解字

《說文》：“譯，傳譯四夷之言者。从言，睪聲。”

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)