票数 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

piào slip of paper or bamboo

Original meaning: leaping flames

Phonosemantic compound. A remnant of 要 represents the sound and 火 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "leaping flames". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

要 Sound Remnant component

yào, yāo want

火 Iconic component

huǒ fire

Change in meaning

火 hints at the original meaning of 票, "leaping flames", which is no longer the most common meaning of 票 in modern Mandarin.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 20 verified)

飘漂镖嫖瞟瓢剽缥膘嘌骠鳔螵鏢縹鰾瘭飄標摽

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjiew	pʰew	leaping flames (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“，火飛也。从火、。與同意。”

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)

shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

Simplified form of 數. Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

娄 Sound component

lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Change in sound

数 and 娄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
数 srjuX
娄 lju

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

擞薮

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

婁 Sound component

surname

Change in sound

數 and 婁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
數 srjuX
婁 lju

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

擻藪

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srjuX	s-roʔ	count (v.)
	srjuH	s-roʔ-s	number (n.)
	sraewk	s-rok	frequently

說文解字

《說文》：“數，計也。从攴，婁聲。”

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)

票 piào slip of paper or bamboo

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 20 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

数 shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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數 shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

piào slip of paper or bamboo

shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional