收养 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

shōu gather together

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 丩 represents the sound.

Components

丩 Sound component

jiū join

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syuw	s-kiw	collect; harvest

說文解字

《說文》：“收，捕也。从攴，丩聲。”

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)

yǎng raise Simplified

Simplified form of 養. Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

介 Simplified component

jiè to lie between

Shorthand for the 食 component in the traditional character 養.

Sources

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

yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

食 Meaning component

shí, shi eat

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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Component uses

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癢

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yangX	[ɢ](r)aŋʔ	long, longing
	yangX	[ɢ]aŋʔ	nourish, raise

說文解字

《說文》：“養，供養也。从食，羊聲。，古文養。”

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)

收 shōu gather together

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养 yǎng raise Simplified

Components

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養 yǎng raise, bring up Traditional

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Character Evolution

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shōu gather together

yǎng raise Simplified

yǎng raise, bring up Traditional