妨碍球
fáng'ài​qiú

stymie

妨 fáng, fāng interfere with

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjangpʰaŋoppose
Zhengzhangpʰaŋ
pʰaŋs
Unicodepiɑng
piɑ̀ng

說文解字

害也。从女方聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

碍 ài obstruct Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 㝵 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礙.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
㝵
㝵 Sound component
dé, ài to get

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

球 qiú ball

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求
求 Sound component
qiú seek

Character Evolution

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-Sagartgjuw[g](r)[u] 'ball'?

說文解字

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

礙 ài obstruct Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 疑 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
疑
疑 Sound component
yí doubt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɯːs
Unicodengə̀i

說文解字

《說文》：“礙，止也。从石，疑聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)