摇旗呐喊
yáo​qí​nà​hǎn

cheer on

摇 yáo wag, shake Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搖.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiɛu

Sources

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

旗 qí banner

Phonosemantic compound. 㫃 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components

㫃
㫃 Meaning component
yǎn flags flying
其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgi[g](r)ə flag

說文解字

《說文》：“旗，熊旗五游，以象罰星，士卒以為期。从，其聲。《周禮》曰：‘率都建旗。’”

Sources

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

呐 ne, nà raise voice Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound. Simplified form of 吶.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

喊 hǎn shout

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
咸
咸 Sound component
xián all

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰaːmʔ
qʰrɯːmʔ
ɡrɯːmʔ

Sources

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

搖 yáo wag, shake Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyewlaw shake

說文解字

《說文》：“搖，動也。从手，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)

吶 ne, nà raise voice Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 內 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
內
內 Sound component
nèi inside

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnywetnotslow of speech
Zhengzhangnod

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang