热香饼
rè​xiāng​bǐng

pancake

热 rè hot Simplified

Simplified form of 熱. Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

执
执 Simplified component
zhí hold in hand

Shorthand for the 埶 component in the traditional character 熱.

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Unicode

香 xiāng fragrant

Represents the sweet (甘) smell of fresh grain (禾).

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
甘
甘 Meaning component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

馨馥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjangqʰaŋ fragrance

說文解字

《說文》：“香，芳也。从黍，从甘。《春秋傳》曰：‘黍稷馨香。’”

Sources

Character origin
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

饼 bǐng, bing rice-cakes Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餅.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

并
并 Sound component
bìng combine

Sources

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熱 rè hot Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

埶
埶 Sound component
yì, shì art, skill
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

爇

Meaning (1)

爇

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyetC.nat (or *C.ŋet?)hot

說文解字

《說文》：“熱，溫也。从火，埶聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

餅 bǐng, bing rice-cakes Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

并
并 Sound component
bìng combine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjiengXpeŋʔ cake

說文解字

《說文》：“餅，麪餈也。从食，并聲。”

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)