威胁 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

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

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

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崴葳

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)

xié ribs Simplified

Simplified form of 脅. Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

力 Simplified component

lì, li power

Shorthand for the 劦 component in the traditional character 脅.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

xié ribs Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

劦 Sound component

xié, liè cooperate, combined labor

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xjæp	qʰ<r>ep	flank, side of the body
Zhengzhang		hlams
		hlab
Unicode	xiæp

說文解字

兩𦜶也。从肉劦聲。

Sources

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

威 wēi power

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胁 xié ribs Simplified

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脅 xié ribs Traditional

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wēi power

xié ribs Simplified

xié ribs Traditional