掉馅饼 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

diàoxiànbǐng

pie in the sky

diào fall, drop

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卓 Sound component

zhuó, zhuō profound

Change in sound

掉 and 卓 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
掉 dhèu
卓 traewk

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		deːwʔ
		deːwɢs
		rneːwɢ
Unicode	dhèu

說文解字

《說文》：“掉，搖也。从手，卓聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘尾大不掉。’”

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)

xiàn pastry filling Simplified

Simplified form of 餡. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 臽 represents the sound.

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

臽 Sound component

xiàn a pit

Sources

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

bǐng, bing rice-cakes Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餅.

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

并 Sound component

bìng combine

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

xiàn pastry filling Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 臽 represents the sound.

Components

飠 Meaning component

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

臽 Sound component

xiàn a pit

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡroːms

Sources

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

bǐng, bing rice-cakes Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound.

Components

飠 Meaning component

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

并 Sound component

bìng combine

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjiengX	peŋʔ	cake

說文解字

《說文》：“餅，麪餈也。从食，并聲。”

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)

掉 diào fall, drop

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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馅 xiàn pastry filling Simplified

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饼 bǐng, bing rice-cakes Simplified

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餡 xiàn pastry filling Traditional

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Historical Pronunciations

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餅 bǐng, bing rice-cakes Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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diào fall, drop

xiàn pastry filling Simplified

bǐng, bing rice-cakes Simplified

xiàn pastry filling Traditional

bǐng, bing rice-cakes Traditional