籤
qiān HSK5

tally

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

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

韱
韱 Sound component
xiān wild onions or leeks

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰem

說文解字

《說文》:“籤,驗也。一曰銳也,貫也。从竹,韱聲。”

Sources

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

签 qiān sign Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簽.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

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