犯忌
fàn​jì

violate a taboo

犯 fàn commit crime

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 𢎘 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

𢎘
𢎘 Sound component
hàn flower bud
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢎘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbomʔ
Unicodebhiæ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“犯，侵也。从犬，巳聲。”

Sources

Character origin
教育部異體字字典
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

忌 jì jealous

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
己
己 Sound component
jǐ self

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

跽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgiHm-k(r)ək-swarn; avoid
Zhengzhangɡɯs
Unicodeghiə̀

說文解字

憎惡也。从心己聲。

Sources

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