撰述
zhuàn​shù

write

撰 zhuàn compose

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 巽 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譔.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

巽
巽 Sound component
xùn, zhuàn obedient

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrjwenX[dz]ro[n]ʔcreate, invent
Zhengzhangsɡroːnʔ
sɡronʔ
Unicodejrhiuɛ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

述 shù tell, narrate

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 术 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

术
术 Sound component
shù art

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywitCə-lut follow

說文解字

《說文》：“述，循也。从辵，朮聲。，籀文从秫。”

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)