guà​shuài

command

guà hang Simplified

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
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

shuài handsome Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts two hands pulling a long, vertical object. The original meaning is variously explained as pulling with a rope, or a belt-like garment. The meaning later shifted to "lead", "commander", and "handsome".

Components

Simplified component
dāo knife

Shorthand for the left side of the traditional character . Depicts something being pulled by two hands.

Iconic component
jīn cloth

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.620-621
Readings & variants
Unicode

guà hang Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

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

shuài handsome Traditional

Depicts two hands pulling a long, vertical object. The original meaning is variously explained as pulling with a rope, or a belt-like garment. The meaning later shifted to "lead", "commander", and "handsome".

Components

Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts something being pulled by two hands. Unrelated to 𠂤, even though it looks identical in the modern form.

Iconic component
jīn cloth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsrwijHs-rut-s leader (of an army)

說文解字

《說文》:“帥,佩巾也。从巾,。帨,帥或从兌。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.620-621
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica