待
dàidāi HSK3

wait, stay, treat

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approved by Peter Olson · Sep 4, 2021, 04:02 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Sep 4, 2021, 04:02 PM

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

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component

彳 is a component form of 行.

寺
寺 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdojX[d]ˤəʔ wait on; depend on

說文解字

《說文》：“待，竢也。从彳，寺聲。”

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)