定阅 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

dìng settle

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

mián roof

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Change in sound

定 and 正 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
定 *tˤeŋ-s
正 *teŋ-s

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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Sound (0 of 9 verified)

绽淀锭啶碇靛腚錠綻

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dengH	N-tˤeŋ-s	become fixed; settled (v.i.)
	dengH	m-tˤeŋ-s	make fixed, settle (v.t.)
	tengH	tˤeŋ-s	ready-cooked (food)

說文解字

《說文》：“定，安也。从宀，从正。”

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)

yuè examine, read Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閱.

Components

门 Meaning component

mén, men door

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

阅 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

yuè examine, read Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén, men door

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

閱 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
閱 *lot
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ywet	lot	count, sum up; inspect
Zhengzhang		lod

說文解字

《說文》：“閱，具數於門中也。从門，說省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

定 dìng settle

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Sound (0 of 9 verified)

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說文解字

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阅 yuè examine, read Simplified

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閱 yuè examine, read Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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dìng settle

yuè examine, read Simplified

yuè examine, read Traditional