宰予昼寝 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zǎi to slaughter

A barracks 宀 where slaves 辛 live

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

辛 Meaning component

xīn laborious

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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滓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsojX	[ts]ˤəʔ	steward; minister
Zhengzhang		ʔsɯːʔ
Unicode	tzə̌i
	tzə̌i

說文解字

辠人在屋下執事者。从宀从辛。辛，辠也。

Sources

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

yǔ give

Embellishment of the phonetically similar character 呂.

Components

呂 Sound component

pitchpipe

Change in sound

予 and 呂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
予 *laʔ
呂 *[r]aʔ

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 呂 than it was in ancient scripts.

亅 Distinguishing component

jué hook

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Sound (6 of 10 verified)

预序野舒豫纾杼預妤紓

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

抒纾紓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yo	laʔ	I, we
	yoX	laʔ	give; together with

說文解字

《說文》：“予，推予也。象相予之形。”

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)

zhòu daytime Simplified

Components

尺 Simplified component

chǐ traditional Chinese unit of length ~ 1 foot

旦 Meaning component

dàn dawn

一 Unknown component

yī one

Sources

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

qǐn sleep Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 𪧇 represents the meaning and 𠬶 represents the sound.

Components

𪧇 Meaning Simplified component

chuáng (bedroom), bed

𠬶 Sound component

jìn to invade

Sources

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

zhòu daytime Traditional

Origin unclear. 日 represents the meaning.

Components

聿 Unknown component

yù writing brush

The purpose of this component is unclear.

日 Meaning component

rì sun

一 Unknown component

yī one

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trjuwH	truk-s	daytime

說文解字

《說文》：“晝，日之出入，與夜為界。从畫省，从日。，籀文晝。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.221
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

sleep Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𪧇 represents the meaning and 𠬶 represents the sound.

Components

𪧇 Meaning component

chuáng (bedroom), bed

Depicts a bed (爿) in a room (宀).

𠬶 Sound component

jìn to invade

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshimX	[tsʰ]imʔ	sleep

說文解字

《說文》：“，病卧也。从省，省聲。”

Sources

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

宰 zǎi to slaughter

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予 yǔ give

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昼 zhòu daytime Simplified

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寝 qǐn sleep Simplified

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晝 zhòu daytime Traditional

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寢 sleep Traditional

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zǎi to slaughter

yǔ give

zhòu daytime Simplified

qǐn sleep Simplified

zhòu daytime Traditional

sleep Traditional