卑躬屈节 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

bēi humble, inferior

Pictograph of a hand holding a tool used by servants.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjie	pe	low, humble
	pjie	pe	鮮卑 *s[a]r.pe Xiānbēi

說文解字

《說文》：“卑，賤也，執事也。从、甲。”

Sources

Character origin: 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)

gōng body

Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 弓 represents the sound.

Components

身 Meaning component

shēn body

弓 Sound component

gōng bow

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

窮

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjuwng	k(r)uŋ	body, person

說文解字

《說文》：“躳，身也。从身，从呂。躬，躳或从弓。”

Sources

Character origin: 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)

qū, qu bend

Phonosemantic compound. 尾 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound.

Components

尾 Meaning Remnant component

wěi tail

出 Sound component

chū go out

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

掘窟崛倔堀

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

倔

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khjut	Nə-[kʰ]ut	bent
	khjut	[kʰ]ut	bend, subdue

說文解字

《說文》：“屈，無尾也。从尾，出聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 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)

jié holiday Simplified

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Simplified form of 節. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.

Components

艹 Meaning Simplified component

cao, cǎo grass

Shorthand for the ⺮ component in the traditional character 節.

卩 Sound Simplified component

jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 即 component in the traditional character 節.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Sources

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

jié holiday Traditional

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.