屠妖节 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tú butcher

Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

尸 Meaning component

shī sitting person

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	du	[d]ˤa	butcher (v.)
Zhengzhang		daː
		da
Unicode	dho

說文解字

刳也。从尸者聲。

Sources

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

yāo, jiǎo strange

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

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

夭 Sound component

yāo, wò, wāi die young

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qrow
Unicode	qyɛu

Sources

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

jié holiday Simplified

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Simplified form of 節. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.

Components

艹 Meaning Simplified component

cao, cǎo grass

Shorthand for the ⺮ component in the traditional character 節.

卩 Sound Simplified component

jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 即 component in the traditional character 節.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Sources

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

jié holiday Traditional

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.