吃喝嫖赌 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

chīhēpiáodǔ

dissipation

chī eat

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乞 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

乞 Sound component

qǐ, qì beg

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kɯd

說文解字

《說文》：“吃，言蹇難也。从口，气聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hē, he, hè drink

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

曷 Sound component

hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qraːds
		qʰoːb
		qʰaːd
Unicode	xɑt

說文解字

《說文》：“喝，也。从口，曷聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

piáo, piào, biāo patronize prostitutes

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

票 Sound component

piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰew
		pʰews
Unicode	piɛu

說文解字

輕也。从女𤐫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

dǔ bet, gamble Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賭.

Components

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Change in sound

赌 and 者 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
赌 *mə.tˤaʔ
者 *tAʔ

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

dǔ bet, gamble Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China, shells were used as currency.

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Change in sound

賭 and 者 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
賭 *mə.tˤaʔ
者 *tAʔ

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tuX	mə.tˤaʔ	wager

說文解字

《說文新附》：“賭，博簺也。从貝，者聲。”

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)

吃 chī eat

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喝 hē, he, hè drink

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嫖 piáo, piào, biāo patronize prostitutes

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說文解字

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赌 dǔ bet, gamble Simplified

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賭 dǔ bet, gamble Traditional

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說文解字

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chī eat

hē, he, hè drink

piáo, piào, biāo patronize prostitutes

dǔ bet, gamble Simplified

dǔ bet, gamble Traditional