敏捷
mǐn​jié HSK7

nimble

敏 mǐn fast

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

Components

攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

每
每 Sound component
měi every

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

繁鳘

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartminXmrə[n]ʔ
(~ *mrəʔ)		diligent, active

說文解字

《說文》：“敏，疾也。从攴，每聲。”

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)

捷 jié win

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

疌
疌 Sound component
jié, qiè a type of sickness

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzjep[dz][a]pvictory
Zhengzhangzeb
Unicodedzhiɛp

說文解字

獵也。軍獲得也。从手疌聲。《春秋傳》曰：“齊人來獻戎捷。”

Sources

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