è​jīn​kòng​yān

stranglehold

è grasp

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
è adversity, distress

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqreːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

jīn lapel

Cloth  that restricts  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
clothes
SoundMeaning component
jìn, jīn prohibit, forbid

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkimkr[ə]moverlap of a robe
Zhengzhangkrɯm
Unicodegyim

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

kòng control

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
kōng, kòng empty

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhuwngHkʰˤoŋ-s pull (on bow or reins)

說文解字

《說文》:“控,引也。从手,空聲。《詩》曰:‘控于大邦。’匈奴名引弓控弦。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yàn, yè, yān throat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
yīn cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔenʔˤi[n]gullet
ʔenHʔˤi[n]-sswallow (v.)
Zhengzhangqiːn
qiːns
qiːd
Unicodeqet

說文解字

嗌也。从口因聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica