缝针迹 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

fèng, féng sew Simplified

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

逢 Sound component

féng come upon

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

zhēn needle Simplified

Simplified form of 針. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

十 Sound component

shí ten

Change in sound

针 and 十 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
针 *t.[k]əm
十 *t.[g]əp

Historical Pronunciations

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

jī footprint, trace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 跡.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

亦 Sound component

yì also

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjek	[ts]ek	footprint, traces

說文解字

《說文》：“迹，步處也。从辵，亦聲。蹟，或从足、責。，籀文迹从朿。”

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)

fèng, féng sew Traditional

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

逢 Sound component

féng come upon

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjowng	(mə-)[b](r)oŋ (~ *C.[b](r)oŋ)	sew
	bjowngH	C.[b](r)oŋ-s	seam
Zhengzhang		boŋ
		boŋs
Unicode	bhiong

說文解字

以鍼紩衣也。从糸逢聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhēn needle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

十 Sound component

shí ten

Change in sound

針 and 十 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
針 *t.[k]əm
十 *t.[g]əp

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyim	t.[k]əm	needle

Sources

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

jī trace, footprint Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

亦 Sound component

yì also

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjek	[ts]ek	footprint, traces

Sources

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

缝 fèng, féng sew Simplified

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针 zhēn needle Simplified

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迹 jī footprint, trace Simplified

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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縫 fèng, féng sew Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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針 zhēn needle Traditional

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跡 jī trace, footprint Traditional

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fèng, féng sew Simplified

zhēn needle Simplified

jī footprint, trace Simplified

fèng, féng sew Traditional

zhēn needle Traditional

jī trace, footprint Traditional