提葫芦 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tí hold in hand

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

是 Sound component

shì, shi is

Change in sound

提 and 是 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
提 *[d]ˤe
是 *[d]eʔ

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dej	[d]ˤe	lift, grasp

說文解字

《說文》：“提，挈也。从手，是聲。”

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)

hú bottle-gourd

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

胡 Sound component

hú beard

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hu	[ɡ]ˤa	gourd
Zhengzhang		qʰaː
		ɡaː

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

lú, lu rushes Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘆.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

户 Sound component

hù, hu door

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lú, lu rushes Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

盧 Sound component

rice vessel

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lu	C.rˤa	lúwěi 蘆葦 reed
Zhengzhang		raː
		ra
Unicode	lo

說文解字

蘆菔也。一曰薺根。从艸盧聲。

Sources

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

提 tí hold in hand

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葫 hú bottle-gourd

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芦 lú, lu rushes Simplified

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蘆 lú, lu rushes Traditional

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tí hold in hand

hú bottle-gourd

lú, lu rushes Simplified

lú, lu rushes Traditional