痛快淋漓
tòng​kuài​lín​lí

hearty

痛 tòng pain

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuwngHl̥ˤoŋ-s to be pained

說文解字

《說文》：“痛，病也。从疒，甬聲。”

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)

快 kuài, kuai rapid

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

夬
夬 Sound component
guài, jué parted

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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

Component uses

Sound (1)

筷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwaejH[k]ʷʰˤret-s cheerful

說文解字

《說文》：“快，喜也。从心，夬聲。”

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)

淋 lín drip, soak

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlimr[ə]m water (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“淋，以水也。从水，林聲。一曰淋淋，山下水皃。”

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)

漓 lí pattering (of rain)

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灕.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang