惩办
chéng​bàn

punish

惩 chéng punish Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 征 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懲.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
征
征 Sound component
zhēng journey

Sources

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办 bàn manage Simplified

Simplified form of 辦. Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
辡
辡 SoundSimplified component
biàn criminals accusing one another

Component uses

Simplified (2)

苏协

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懲 chéng punish Traditional

Components

徵
徵 Sound component
zhēng, zhǐ, chéng invade
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdringm-trəŋ reprove; punish

說文解字

《說文》：“懲，也。从心，徵聲。”

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

辦 bàn manage Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
辡
辡 Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbeanH[b]ˤren-s manage, deal with

說文解字

《說文新附》：“辦，致力也。从力，辡聲。”

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)