套件 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tàojiàn

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tào cover

A cover has to be big (大) and long (镸) enough to wrap around what it is covering.

大 Meaning component

dà, dài big

镸 Meaning component

cháng long

镸 is a component form of 長.

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰaːw
	tʰaːws

Depicts a person (亻) cutting a cow (牛) into pieces.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

牛 Meaning component

niú cow

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjenX	[g]r[a][n]ʔ (no pre-Qín exx?)	item

《說文》：“件，分也。从人，从牛。牛，大物，故可分。”