晚报
wǎn​bào HSK2

Evening News

晚 wǎn night

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
免
免 Sound component
miǎn (hat), avoid
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjonXm[o][r]ʔ late

說文解字

《說文》：“晚，莫也。从日，免聲。”

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)

报 bào report Simplified

Original meaning: punish

Simplified form of 報. Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

扌
扌 Simplified component
shou, shǒu hand

Shorthand for the 㚔 component in the traditional character 報.

𠬝
𠬝 Iconic component
fú subdue

Sources

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

報 bào report Traditional

Original meaning: punish

Depicts a person being subdued (𠬝) by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Components

㚔
㚔 Iconic component
niè, xìng instrument of torture used in ancient times
𠬝
𠬝 Iconic component
fú subdue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpawHpˤuk-s repay

說文解字

《說文》：“報，當罪人也。从，从。，服罪也。”

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)