奋武扬威 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

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fènwǔyángwēi

show strength

fèn strive, exert effort Simplified

Simplified form of 奮. Depicts a bird (隹) lifting off in a field (田), starting to fly.

Components

大 Simplified component

dà, dài big

Shorthand for the top part of the traditional character 奮.

田 Iconic component

tián field

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.291
Readings & variants: Unicode

wǔ military

Depicts marching (止) with a weapon (戈).

Components

戈 Iconic component

gē spear

止 Iconic component

zhǐ (foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjuX	m(r)aʔ	military

說文解字

《說文》：“武，楚莊王曰：夫武，定功戢兵。故止戈為武。”

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)

yáng raise, praise Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 𠃓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 揚.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

𠃓 Sound component

yáng bright

Sources

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

wēi power

Depicts a weapon (戌) used to force a woman (女) into submission.

Components

戌 Iconic component

xū, qu 11th terrestrial branch

Depicts an axe.

女 Iconic component

nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jw+j	ʔuj	awe-inspiring

說文解字

《說文》：“威，姑也。从女，从戌。《漢律》曰：‘婦告威姑。’”

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)

fèn strive, exert effort Traditional

Depicts a bird (隹) lifting off in a field (田), starting to fly.

Components

衣 Remnant Unknown component

yī clothes

The purpose of this component is unclear.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

田 Iconic component

tián field

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjunH	(Cə.)pə[r]-s (W dialect)	spread wings and fly

說文解字

《說文》：“奮，翬也。从在田上。《詩》曰：‘不能奮飛。’”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.291
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yáng raise, praise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

昜 Sound component

yáng bright

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yang	laŋ	raise

說文解字

《說文》：“揚，飛舉也。从手，易聲。，古文。”

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)