剔透
tī​tòu

translucent

剔 tī pick out

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthekl̥ ˤekcut (v.)
thejHl̥ ˤek-sshave
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːɡ
Unicodetek

說文解字

解骨也。从刀易聲。

Sources

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

透 tòu penetrate

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 秀 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

秀
秀 Sound component
xiù elegant, excellent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰoːs
hljuɡ
Unicodetòu

說文解字

《說文新附》：“透，跳也；過也。从辵，秀聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)