ái​fá

punished

āi near

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqlɯːʔ
qrɯː
qrɯːʔ

說文解字

擊背也。从手矣聲。

Sources

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

penalty Simplified

Simplified form of ; to punish  the accused 

Components

Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
Meaning component
yán speech
Meaning component
dāo knife

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

penalty Traditional

To punish  the accused 

Components

Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
Meaning component
yán speech
Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjot[b][a]t punish

說文解字

《說文》:“罰,辠之小者。从刀,从詈。未以刀有所賊,但持刀罵詈則應罰。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica