提讯 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)

xùn inquire Simplified

Simplified form of 訊. Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 讠 (speech).

Components

讠 Iconic component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言. Originally 口 (mouth). Later reanalyzed as 讠 (speech).

卂 Sound Iconic component

xùn to fly rapidly

Depicts a captive prisoner with their hands tied behind their back.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

xùn inquire Traditional

Depicts a mouth (口) interrogating a captured prisoner of war (卂). 卂 also represents the sound. The 口 (mouth) component was later reanalyzed as 言 (speech).