fěi​tú

gangster

fěi bandits

Components

Meaning component
fāng, fàng box

basket

Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjɨjXpəjʔbamboo basket; bandit
Zhengzhangpɯlʔ
Unicodepiə̌i

說文解字

器,似竹筐。从匚非聲。《逸周書》曰:“實玄黃于匪。”

Sources

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

disciple

Original meaning: go on foot

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. also represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "go on foot". The meaning later shifted to "disciple".

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk
Change in meaning
hints at the original meaning of , "go on foot", which is no longer the most common meaning of in modern Mandarin.
SoundMeaning component
earth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdu[d]ˤa go on foot

說文解字

《說文》:“,步行也。从辵,土聲。”

Sources

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