挂坠盒
guà​zhuì​hé

locket

挂 guà hang Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 掛.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkweaH[k]ʷˤre-s suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“挂，畫也。从手，圭聲。”

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)

坠 zhuì fall down Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 队 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墜.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
队
队 Sound component
duì team

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

盒 hé small box or case

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

合
合 Sound component
hé to join
皿
皿 Meaning component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡuːb

Sources

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

掛 guà hang Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卦
卦 Sound component
guà fortune telling

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷreːs
Unicodeguɛ̀i

Sources

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

墜 zhuì fall down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隊 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
隊
隊 Sound component
duì team

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrwijHm.lru[t]-sfall down
Zhengzhangl'uds
Unicodedjhuì

說文解字

陊也。从土隊聲。古通用䃍。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)