煎猪扒
jiān​zhū​bā

pork steak

煎 jiān fry in fat or oil

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

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

前
前 Sound component
qián in front

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslen
ʔslens
Unicodetziɛn

說文解字

熬也。从火前聲。

Sources

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

猪 zhū pig Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 豬.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

潴橥

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangta

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

扒 bā scratch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 八 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

八
八 Sound component
bā eight

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpreːds
preːd
pred

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

豬 zhū pig Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

豕
豕 Meaning component
shǐ pig
者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjotra pig

說文解字

《說文》：“豬，豕而三毛叢居者。从豕，者聲。”

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)