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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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Sound (0 of 3 verified)

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

láo labor Simplified

Simplified form of 勞. Depicts the hard work of sewing clothes (衣) with only firelight (炏). Later the 力 (strength, power) component was added.

Components

艹 Simplified component

cao, cǎo grass

Shorthand for the 炏 (flame) component in the traditional character 勞.

衣 Iconic Remnant component

yī clothes

Change in form

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

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

捞唠涝崂痨耢铹

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

gōng work

Depicts a tool with a blade.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Sound (11 of 23 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuwng	kˤoŋ	officer
	kuwng	kˤoŋ	work

說文解字

《說文》：“工，巧飾也。象人有規榘也。與巫同意。，古文工从彡。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.381-382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)

zǔ class Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Simplified form of 組.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

组 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

zhī weave Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Simplified form of 織.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

只 Sound component

zhǐ, zhī only

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)

láo labor Traditional

Depicts the hard work of sewing clothes (衣) with only firelight (炏). Later the 力 (strength, power) component was added.

Components

炏 Iconic component

yán, kài flame

衣 Iconic Remnant component

yī clothes

Change in form

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

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

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撈澇嘮嶗癆

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	law	[r]ˤaw	toil
	lawH	[r]ˤaw-s	to reward for toil

說文解字

《說文》：“勞，劇也。从力，熒省。熒火燒冂，用力者勞。，古文勞从悉。”

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)

zǔ class Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

組 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
組 tzǒ
且 tsjo

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsaːʔ
Unicode	tzǒ

說文解字

《說文》：“組，綬屬。其小者，以為冕纓。从糸，且聲。”

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)

zhī weave Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

戠 Sound component

zhī, zhí to gather

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	tsyik	tək	weave (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“織，作布帛之總名也。从糸，戠聲。”

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)

国 guó nation Simplified

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际 jì border Simplified

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劳 láo labor Simplified

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工 gōng work

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组 zǔ class Simplified

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织 zhī weave Simplified

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國 guó nation Traditional

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際 jì border Traditional

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勞 láo labor Traditional

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組 zǔ class Traditional

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織 zhī weave Traditional

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guó nation Simplified

jì border Simplified

láo labor Simplified

gōng work

zǔ class Simplified

zhī weave Simplified

guó nation Traditional

jì border Traditional

láo labor Traditional

zǔ class Traditional

zhī weave Traditional