偷腥 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tōuxīng

cheat

tōu to steal

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

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

俞 Sound component

yú, shù surname

Change in sound

偷 and 俞 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
偷 *l̥ˤo
俞 *lo

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thuw	l̥ˤo	steal

Sources

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

xīng raw meat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 星 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

星 Sound component

xīng a star

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		seːŋ
		seːŋs
Unicode	seng

說文解字

星見食豕，令肉中生小息肉也。从肉从星，星亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

偷 tōu to steal

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Character Evolution

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腥 xīng raw meat

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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tōu to steal

xīng raw meat