市场准入
shì​chǎng​zhǔn​rù

market access

市 shì market

Origin unclear. 止 represents the sound.

Components

止
止 Sound component
zhǐ (foot), stop
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 止 than it was in ancient scripts.
兮
兮 Unknown component
xī exclamatory particle

The original purpose of this component is unclear.

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

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Meaning (2)

闹鬧

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

柿铈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyiXC.[d]əʔ market (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“市，買賣所之也。市有垣，从冂，从乁。乁，古文及，象物相及也。之省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.499-450
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

场 chǎng, cháng open space Simplified

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
𠃓
𠃓 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

准 zhǔn accurate

Original meaning: water-level

Simplified form of 準. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".

Components

冫
冫 Simplified component
bīng ice

Shorthand for the 氵 (water) component in the traditional character 準.

隹
隹 Simplified component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Shorthand for the 隼 (sǔn) component in the traditional character 準.

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷjinʔ

Sources

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

入 rù enter

Depicts an arrowhead pointing forward, representing the idea "enter".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 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)

籴

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

汆

Iconic (1)

內

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyipn[u]p enter

說文解字

《說文》：“入，內也。象从上俱下也。”

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)

場 chǎng, cháng open space Traditional

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagartdrjang[l]raŋ arena

說文解字

《說文》：“場，祭神道也；一曰田不耕；一曰治穀田也。从土，昜聲。”

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)