篮球赛 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lán basket Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籃.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

监 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

qiú ball

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

𤣩 is a component form of 玉.

求 Sound component

qiú seek

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuw	[g](r)[u]	'ball'?

說文解字

《說文》：“球，玉聲也。从玉，求聲。璆，球或从翏。”

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)

sài compete Simplified

Original meaning: thank offering

Simplified form of 賽. Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 𡨄 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "thank offering". The meaning later shifted to "compete".

Components

𡨄 Sound component

sāi, xià to stop up

𡨄 is a component form of 塞.

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

Shells were used as currency in ancient China.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

lán basket Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

監 Sound component

jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lam	k.rˤam	basket

說文解字

《說文》：“籃，大篝也。从竹，監聲。，古文籃如此。”

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)

sài compete Traditional

Original meaning: thank offering

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 𡨄 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "thank offering". The meaning later shifted to "compete".