彷似

彷 fǎng, páng, fáng like

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbang[b]ˤaŋbang-hwang hestitate
Zhengzhangbaːŋ
pʰaŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

似 shì, sì resemble

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 以 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

以
以 Sound component
yǐ by means of
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartziXsə.ləʔ resemble

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica