牵强附会 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

qiān drag Simplified

Depicts a person (人) leading an ox (牛) by the nose (自). 人 was later reanalyzed as 大.

Components

大 Iconic component

dà, dài big

Depicts a person. Later reanalyzed as 大.

自 Iconic component

zì (nose), self

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 自 than it was in ancient scripts.

牛 Iconic component

niú cow

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.93-94林志強《《文源》評注》p.312
Readings & variants: Unicode

qiáng, qiǎng strong Simplified

Phonosemantic component. 弓 represents the meaning and 畺 represents the sound. Originally written as 彊.

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

虽 Sound Remnant component

suī although

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 虽 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 4 verified)

犟襁镪糨

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjang	N-kaŋ	strong
	gjangX	m-kaŋʔ	make an effort

說文解字

《說文》：“強，蚚也。从虫，弘聲。，籀文強，从从彊。”

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)

fù attach, be near

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 付 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

付 Sound component

fù, fu pay, hand over

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjuH	N-p(r)oʔ-s	be attached to

說文解字

附𡝤，小土山也。从𨸏付聲。《春秋傳》曰：“附𡝤無松栢。”

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)

huì, kuài to gather Simplified

Simplified form of 會. Phonosemantic compound. 合 represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

合 Meaning Simplified component

hé to join

𡆧 Sound Simplified component

guó ironware

Change in sound

会 and 𡆧 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

绘刽荟桧烩脍狯哙浍鲙郐𬭇

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

侩

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.442
Readings & variants: Unicode

qiān drag Traditional

Depicts a person (人) leading an ox (牛) by the nose (自). The 人 and 自 components were later corrupted into phonetic 玄.

Components

玄 Sound component

xuán, xuàn black

自 Iconic component

zì (nose), self

Depicts a nose.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 自 than it was in ancient scripts.

牛 Iconic component

niú cow

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

縴

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

縴

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khen	[k]ʰˤi[n]	pull, lead, drag

說文解字

《說文》：“牽，引前也。从牛，象引牛之縻也，玄聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.93-94林志強《《文源》評注》p.312
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

qiáng, qiǎng strong Traditional

Phonosemantic component. 弓 represents the meaning and 畺 represents the sound. Originally written as 彊.

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

畺 Sound Remnant component

jiāng, jiàng boundary

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 畺 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɡaŋ
		ɡaŋʔ
Unicode	ghiɑng
	ghiǎng

說文解字

《說文》：“強，蚚也。从虫，弘聲。，籀文強，从从彊。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

huì, kuài to gather Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 合 represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

合 Meaning component

hé to join

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 合 than it was in ancient scripts.

𡆧 Sound component

guó ironware

Change in sound

會 and 𡆧 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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Sound (2 of 11 verified)

劊癐噲膾廥檜燴繪𨭗薈鱠

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

儈廥

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwajH	m-kˤop-s	meeting; have a meeting
	hwajH	ɦʷˤajs (< *m-kˤop-s)	阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn)
	kwajH	kˤop-s	calculate; calculation

說文解字

《說文》：“會，合也。从亼，从曾省。曾，益也。令，古文會如此。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.442
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

牵 qiān drag Simplified

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强 qiáng, qiǎng strong Simplified

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附 fù attach, be near

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会 huì, kuài to gather Simplified

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Sound (1 of 12 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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牽 qiān drag Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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強 qiáng, qiǎng strong Traditional

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說文解字

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會 huì, kuài to gather Traditional

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Sound (2 of 11 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

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說文解字

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qiān drag Simplified

qiáng, qiǎng strong Simplified

fù attach, be near

huì, kuài to gather Simplified

qiān drag Traditional

qiáng, qiǎng strong Traditional

huì, kuài to gather Traditional