坠琴

坠 zhuì fall down Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 队 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墜.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
队
队 Sound component
duì team

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

琴 qín Chinese lute or guitar

The top component is a pictograph of a zither-like stringed musical instrument. 今 is a sound component.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Pictograph of a stringed musical instrument similar to a zither.

今
今 Sound component
jīn now

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgim[C.ɢ](r)[ə]m lute

說文解字

《說文》：“琴，禁也。神農所作。洞越，練朱五弦，周加二弦。象形。”

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)

墜 zhuì fall down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隊 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
隊
隊 Sound component
duì team

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrwijHm.lru[t]-sfall down
Zhengzhangl'uds
Unicodedjhuì

說文解字

陊也。从土隊聲。古通用䃍。

Sources

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