恤衫
xù​shān

shirt

恤 xù show pity

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 血 represents the sound. Simplified form of 卹.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

血
血 Sound component
xuè, xiě blood

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswits-[m]i[t]anxiety
Zhengzhangsqʰʷiɡ

說文解字

憂也。收也。从心血聲。

Sources

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

衫 shān shirt

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 彡 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

彡
彡 Sound component
shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsroːm
Unicodeshram

說文解字

《說文新附》：“衫，衣也。从衣，彡聲。”

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)