婚纱摄影 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

hūnshāshèyǐng

wedding photography

hūn get married

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

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

昏 Sound component

hūn, hún twilight

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwon	m̥ˤu[n]	marriage

說文解字

《說文》：“婚，婦家也。禮，娶婦以昏時。婦人陰也，故曰婚。从女，从昏，昏亦聲。，籀文婚。”

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)

shā gauze Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紗.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

少 Sound component

shǎo, shao, shào few

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

shè take in Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 聂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攝.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

聂 Sound component

niè, zhé, shè whisper

Change in sound

摄 and 聂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
摄 *kə.n̥ep
聂 *nrep

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

yǐng shadow

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 景 represents the sound. The 彡 component depicts shadow lines.

Components

彡 Iconic component

shān, xiǎn hair

Depicts shadow lines.

景 Sound component

jǐng scenery

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jaengX	qraŋʔ	shadow (n.)

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

shā gauze Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

少 Sound component

shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sraːl
Unicode	shra

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

shè take in Traditional

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

聶 Sound component

whisper

Change in sound

攝 and 聶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
攝 *kə.n̥ep
聶 *nrep

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syep	kə.n̥ep	catch, gather up

說文解字

《說文》：“攝，引持也。从手，聶聲。”

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)

婚 hūn get married

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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纱 shā gauze Simplified

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摄 shè take in Simplified

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影 yǐng shadow

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紗 shā gauze Traditional

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Character Evolution

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攝 shè take in Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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hūn get married

shā gauze Simplified

shè take in Simplified

yǐng shadow

shā gauze Traditional

shè take in Traditional