拉赫曼尼诺夫 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lā, la pull

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

立 Sound component

lì stand

Change in sound

拉 and 立 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
拉 lop
立 lip

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

啦

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lop	[r]ˤəp	break

說文解字

《說文》：“拉，摧也。从手，立聲。”

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)

hè, shì bright

Duplicate of 赤, a bright red color.

Components

赤 Meaning component

chì red

赤 Meaning component

chì red

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Component uses

Sound (1)

嚇

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xaek	qʰˤrak	red, fiery

說文解字

《說文》：“赫，火赤皃。从二赤。”

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)

màn long

Depicts a hand (又) covering (冃) the eye (目) to gaze far away into the distance.

Components

冃 Iconic component

mào cap

目 Iconic component

mù eye

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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Sound (4 of 16 verified)

慢漫蔓幔馒谩鳗缦熳墁镘饅鰻謾嫚縵

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

蔓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	manH	mˤa[n]-s	distant
	mjonH	ma[n]-s	extended, long

說文解字

《說文》：“曼，引也。从又，冒聲。”

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)

ní, nǐ Buddhist nun

Original meaning: stop; approach

Depicts one person (匕) carrying another person (尸) on their back. Based on the original meaning "stop; approach". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尸 Iconic component

shī sitting person

匕 Iconic component

bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Character Evolution

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Sound (2 of 9 verified)

呢泥妮昵伲怩旎铌坭

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nejX	nˤərʔ	to stop
	nejH	nˤərʔ-s	to stop, obstruct
	nrij	nr[əj]	near, close

說文解字

《說文》：“尼，從後近之。从尸，匕聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.675-676
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

nuò promise Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 若 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諾.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

若 Sound component

ruò if

Sources

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

fu, fū man

Pictograph of a man. The top horizontal stroke either distinguishes it from the character 大 or depicts a hairpin, something that was only worn by adults.