批阅 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

pīyuè

review

pī criticize

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

比 Sound component

bǐ to compare

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰiː
Unicode	pei

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

yuè examine, read Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閱.

Components

门 Meaning component

mén, men door

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

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

Sources

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

yuè examine, read Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén, men door

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

閱 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
閱 *lot
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ywet	lot	count, sum up; inspect
Zhengzhang		lod

說文解字

《說文》：“閱，具數於門中也。从門，說省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

批 pī criticize

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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阅 yuè examine, read Simplified

Components

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閱 yuè examine, read Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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pī criticize

yuè examine, read Simplified

yuè examine, read Traditional