停驶
tíng​shǐ

stop running

停 tíng stop

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭
亭 Sound component
tíng pavilion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengCə.[d]ˤeŋ
(~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)		to stop

說文解字

《說文新附》：“停，止也。从人，亭聲。”

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)

驶 shǐ sail Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 史 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駛.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
史
史 Sound component
shǐ history

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

駛 shǐ sail Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 史 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
史
史 Sound component
shǐ history

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsrɯʔ
srɯs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica