半腱肌
bàn​jiàn​jī

semitendinosus

半 bàn half

Depicts separating a cow (牛) into two halves (八).

Components

八
八 Iconic component
bā eight

Depicts splitting into two halves.

牛
牛 Iconic component
niú cow
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 牛 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 11 verified)

判伴叛胖畔衅绊拌袢泮絆

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

畔

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpanHpˤan-s half

說文解字

《說文》：“半，物中分也。从八，从牛。牛為物大，可以分也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.89-90漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

腱 jiàn, qián tendons

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkan
ɡans

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

肌 jī muscle tissue

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkijkrə[j]flesh
Zhengzhangkril
Unicodegyi

說文解字

肉也。从肉几聲。

Sources

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