jié​duó

abduct

jié take by force

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
lì, li power
Sound component
go away

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjæpk(r)aprob
Zhengzhangkab
kab
Unicodekiæp

說文解字

人欲去,以力脅止曰劫。或曰以力止去曰劫。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

duó take by force Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts a hand () snatching a bird (). The top component was originally (clothes), depicting a person holding a bird in their clothes, but later it was reanalyzed as a phonetic component, written as either or .

Components

Sound component
dà, dài big
Deleted component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
Iconic component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Sources

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

duó take by force Traditional

Depicts a hand () snatching a bird (). The top component was originally (clothes), depicting a person holding a bird in their clothes, but later it was reanalyzed as a phonetic component, written as either or .

Components

Sound component
dà, dài big
Iconic component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
Iconic component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwatCə.lˤot seize

說文解字

《說文》:“,手持隹失之也。从又,从。”

Sources

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