存根 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

cúngēn

stub

cún exist, keep

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 才 represents the sound.

Components

子 Meaning component

zi, zǐ child

才 Sound component

cái, cai talent

Change in sound

存 and 才 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
存 *[dz]ˤə[n]
才 *[dz]ˤə

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荐

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzwon	[dz]ˤə[n]	exist

說文解字

《說文》：“存，恤問也。从子，才聲。”

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)

gēn root

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

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Baxter-Sagart	kon	[k]ˤə[r]	root, trunk

說文解字

《說文》：“根，木株也。从木，艮聲。”

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)

存 cún exist, keep

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

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根 gēn root

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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cún exist, keep

gēn root