寿桃包
shòu​táo​bāo

longevity peach bun

寿 shòu old age Simplified

Simplified form of 壽.

Components

耂
耂 Meaning component
lǎo old

耂 is a component form of 老.

◎
◎ Unknown component
characterless component

The meaning of this component is unclear.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 10 verified)

筹涛祷铸畴焘踌俦帱梼

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

俦

Sources

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

桃 táo peach

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
兆
兆 Sound component
zhào omen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdawC.lˤawpeach
Zhengzhangl'aːw
Unicodedhɑu

說文解字

果也。从木兆聲。

Sources

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

包 bāo wrap

Original meaning: to embrace

Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子). Based on the original meaning "to embrace", now written as 抱. The meaning later shifted to "cover" and "wrap".

Components

勹
勹 SoundIconic component
bāo wrap

Depicts a person hugging. 勹 also represents the sound.

子
子 Iconic component
zi, zǐ child

Depicts a child. Modern form looks like 巳.

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

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (6 of 24 verified)

跑炮抱胞饱泡鲍袍咆刨苞雹疱庖孢龅匏狍飑飽砲皰鮑齙

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

袍苞飑

Iconic (1)

抱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpaewpˤ<r>u wrap, bundle

說文解字

《說文》：“包，象人褢妊，巳在中，象子未成形也。”

Sources

Character origin
谢明文《释甲骨文中的“抱”——兼论“包”字》
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

壽 shòu old age Traditional

Phonosemantic component. 耂 represents the meaning and 𢏚 represents the sound. Later 口 and 又 were added for unknown purpose.

Components

耂
耂 Meaning component
lǎo old
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 耂 than it was in ancient scripts.
𢏚
𢏚 Sound component
chóu plowed field
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢏚 than it was in ancient scripts.
口
口 Unknown component
kǒu, kou mouth
又
又 Unknown component
yòu again

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 9 verified)

禱籌鑄疇檮躊燾濤幬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyuwX[N-t]uʔ longevity
dzyuwH[N-t]uʔ-s longevity

說文解字

《說文》：“壽，久也。从老省，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫張世超《金文形義通解》p.2103
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)