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guó nation Simplified

Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

玉 Sound Simplified component

yù jade

Shorthand for the 或 component in the traditional character 國.

Change in sound

国 and 玉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
国 *[C.q]ʷˤək
玉 *[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?)

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帼蝈掴

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Readings & variants: Unicode

jì border Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 示 represents the sound. Simplified form of 際.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

示 Simplified component

shì show

Simplified from the traditional phonetic component 祭.

Sources

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

xiān first

Depicts a person (人) stepping forward (止) leading the way.

Components

止 Iconic component

zhǐ (foot), stop

Depicts a foot stepping forward.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 止 than it was in ancient scripts.

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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

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Sound (4 of 11 verified)

选洗宪酰诜铣跣冼筅銑兟

Meaning (1)

兟

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sen	sˤər	first
	senH	sˤər-s	go first

說文解字

《說文》：“先，前進也。从儿，从之。”

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 spur a horse on Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驅.

Components

马 Meaning component

mǎ horse

区 Sound component

qū area

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lùn debate Simplified

Simplified form of 論. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

仑 Sound component

lún, lùn logical reasons

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

tán altar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 壇.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

云 Sound component

yún clouds

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

bào report Simplified

Original meaning: punish

Simplified form of 報. Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

扌 Simplified component

shou, shǒu hand

Shorthand for the 㚔 component in the traditional character 報.

𠬝 Iconic component

fú subdue

Sources

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

guó nation Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi, guó surround

或 Sound component

huò or

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膕幗蟈摑

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwok	[C.q]ʷˤək	state (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“國，邦也。从囗，从或。”

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)

jì border Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 祭 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

祭 Sound component

jì, zhài sacrifice to

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Baxter-Sagart	tsjejH	[ts][a]p-s	connection

說文解字

壁會也。从𨸏祭聲。

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)

qū spur a horse on Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components

馬 Meaning component

mǎ horse

區 Sound component

qū area

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khju	[k]ʰ(r)o	drive (horses) forward
Zhengzhang		kʰo
		kʰos
Unicode	kio

說文解字

馬馳也。从馬區聲。

Sources

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

lùn debate Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 侖 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

侖 Sound component

arrange

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lwin	[r]u[n]	(in name of Lúnyǔ 論語)
	lwon	[r]ˤu[n]	discuss, examine
	lwonH	[r]ˤu[n]-s	discussion, discourse

說文解字

《說文》：“論，議也。从言，侖聲。”

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)

altar Traditional

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

earth

亶 Sound component

dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyenX	[d]anʔ	leveled area
	dan	[d]ˤan	altar
Zhengzhang		daːn
Unicode	dhɑn

說文解字

祭場也。从土亶聲。

Sources

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

bào report Traditional

Original meaning: punish

Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

㚔 Iconic component

niè, xìng instrument of torture used in ancient times

𠬝 Iconic component

fú subdue

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	pawH	pˤuk-s	repay

說文解字

《說文》：“報，當罪人也。从，从。，服罪也。”

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)

国 guó nation Simplified

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际 jì border Simplified

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先 xiān first

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驱 qū spur a horse on Simplified

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论 lùn debate Simplified

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坛 tán altar Simplified

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报 bào report Simplified

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國 guó nation Traditional

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際 jì border Traditional

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驅 qū spur a horse on Traditional

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論 lùn debate Traditional

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壇 altar Traditional

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報 bào report Traditional

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guó nation Simplified

jì border Simplified

xiān first

qū spur a horse on Simplified

lùn debate Simplified

tán altar Simplified

bào report Simplified

guó nation Traditional

jì border Traditional

qū spur a horse on Traditional

lùn debate Traditional

altar Traditional

bào report Traditional