患难见真情 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

huàn suffer

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 串 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

串 Sound component

chuàn string

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

漶

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwænH	[ɡ]ˤro[n]-s	calamity; distress
Zhengzhang		ɡroːns
Unicode	huàn

說文解字

憂也。从心上貫吅，吅亦聲。

Sources

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

nán, nan, nàn difficult Simplified

Original meaning: type of bird

Simplified form of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 難.

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

滩摊瘫傩

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

jiàn, xiàn, jian see Simplified

Simplified form of 見. Pictograph of a person (卩) using their eye (目) to see (見).

Components

目 Iconic Simplified component

mù eye

Depicts an eye.

卩 Iconic component

jié person kneeling

Depicts a person.

Change in form

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

Component uses

Meaning (5 of 17 verified)

现规觉观视览觅觑觐觎觊靓岘觇觋觏觌

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

现舰砚苋笕岘蚬枧

Sources

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

zhēn real

Original meaning: precious

Based on the original meaning "precious", now written as 珍. The meaning later shifted to "genuine" and "true".

Components

𠂈 Sound component

diān, tiǎn to fall forwards

Based on an ancient variant of 殄.

Change in sound

真 and 𠂈 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
真 *ti[n]
𠂈 *[d]ˤə[n]ʔ

Change in form

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

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China, shells were considered precious and were used as currency.

丁 Sound component

dīng cubes

Change in sound

真 and 丁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
真 *ti[n]
丁 *tˤeŋ

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Sound (7 of 15 verified)

镇慎填颠滇嗔缜稹瞋鎮禛顛瑱鬒縝

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyin	ti[n]	true, real

說文解字

《說文》：“真，僊人變形而登天也。从，从目，从。八，所乘載也。，古文真。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.643-644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)

qíng, qing feeling

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzjeng	[dz]eŋ	affections; response to circumstances

說文解字

《說文》：“情，人之陰氣有欲者。从心，青聲。”

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)

nán, nan, nàn difficult Traditional

Original meaning: type of bird

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

𦰩 Sound component

jiān to sigh

Change in sound

難 and 𦰩 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 4 verified)

攤儺癱灘

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nan	nˤar	difficult
	nanH	nˤar-s	difficulty

說文解字

《說文》：“，鳥也。从鳥，堇聲。難，或从隹。”

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)

jiàn, xiàn, jian see Traditional

Pictograph of a person (卩) using their eye (目) to see (見).

Components

目 Iconic component

mù eye

Depicts an eye.

卩 Iconic component

jié person kneeling

Depicts a person.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

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Meaning (7 of 16 verified)

視覺觀規親覓覷覽覦靚覘覡覲峴覬現

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

靦莧峴硯現

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kenH	[k]ˤen-s	see (v.)
	henH	N-[k]ˤen-s	appear
	henH	m-[k]ˤen-s	cause to appear, introduce

說文解字

《說文》：“見，視也。从儿，从目。”

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)

患 huàn suffer

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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难 nán, nan, nàn difficult Simplified

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

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见 jiàn, xiàn, jian see Simplified

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Component uses

Meaning (5 of 17 verified)

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

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真 zhēn real

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Character Evolution

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Sound (7 of 15 verified)

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說文解字

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情 qíng, qing feeling

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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難 nán, nan, nàn difficult Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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見 jiàn, xiàn, jian see Traditional

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (7 of 16 verified)

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

huàn suffer

nán, nan, nàn difficult Simplified

jiàn, xiàn, jian see Simplified

zhēn real

qíng, qing feeling

nán, nan, nàn difficult Traditional

jiàn, xiàn, jian see Traditional