戴
dàiDài HSK4

wear on the head

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Depicts two hands putting something on top of the head (異). The 𢦏 and 異 components both represent the sound.

Components

𢦏
𢦏 Sound component
異
異 SoundIconic component

Depicts two hands putting something on top of the head.

Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttojHCə.tˤək-s carry on the head

說文解字

《說文》：“戴，分物得增益曰戴。从異，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.217
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)