yìng​jiàn HSK5

hardware

yìng hard

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Sound component
gèng, gēng more

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡraːŋs
ŋɡraːŋs
Unicodengɛ̀ng

Sources

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

jiàn piece

Depicts a person () cutting a cow () into pieces.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Meaning component
niú cow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjenX[g]r[a][n]ʔ (no pre-Qín exx?)item

說文解字

《說文》:“件,分也。从人,从牛。牛,大物,故可分。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica