堤岸
dī'àn

embankment

堤 dī dike

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound. Simplified form of 隄.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
是
是 Sound component
shì, shi is

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteː
teːʔ
dje

說文解字

滯也。从土是聲。

Sources

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

岸 àn shore, bank

Phonosemantic compound. 屵 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

屵
屵 Meaning component
yǎn, è tall mountain
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

炭

Remnant (1)

炭

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnganH[ŋ]ˤa[r]-s bank of a river

說文解字

《說文》：“岸，水厓而高者。从屵，干聲。”

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)