助 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

zhù HSK2

help

approved by Peter Olson · Jun 21, 2021, 04:15 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 21, 2021, 04:15 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

且 Sound component

Change in sound

助 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

力 Meaning component

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzrjoH	[dz]ra-s	help (v.)

《說文》：“助，左也。从力，且聲。”