招潮蟹
zhāo​cháo​xiè

fiddler crab

招 zhāo beckon

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

召
召 SoundMeaning component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtjew
Unicodejiɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“招，手呼也。从手，召聲。”

Sources

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

潮 cháo tide

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

朝
朝 Sound component
cháo, zhāo dynasty

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjew[N]-t<r>aw morning tide

Sources

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

蟹 xiè crab

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 解 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠏.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
解
解 Sound component
jiě divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthɛXm-kˤreʔcrab
Zhengzhangɡreːʔ

Sources

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