岗位培训
gǎng​wèi​péi​xùn

on-the-job training

岗 gǎng, gāng post Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 冈 represents the sound. Simplified form of 崗.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
冈
冈 Sound component
gāng ridge or crest of hill

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

位 wèi position

Depicts a person (亻) standing (立) in a specific position.

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

立
立 SoundIconic component
lì stand

立 also represents the sound.

Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

莅

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

涖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwijH[ɢ]ʷrəp-s (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)standing, position

說文解字

《說文》：“位，列中庭之左右謂之位。从人、立。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫廣韻形聲考
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

培 péi bank up with dirt, cultivate

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangboːʔ
bɯː

說文解字

《說文》：“培，培墩，土田山川也。从土，咅聲。”

Sources

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

训 xun, xùn teach, train Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訓.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

川
川 Sound component
chuān stream
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

崗 gǎng, gāng post Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 岡 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
岡
岡 Sound component
gāng ridge or crest of hill

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

訓 xun, xùn teach, train Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
川
川 Sound component
chuān stream
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瞓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjunHl̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )instruct

說文解字

《說文》：“訓，說教也。从言，川聲。”

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)