膀爷
bǎng​yé

shirtless man

膀 bǎng wing, upper arm

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
旁
旁 SoundMeaning component
páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːŋ

說文解字

《說文》：“膀，脅也。从肉，聲。髈，膀或从骨。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

爷 ye, yé father Simplified

Simplified form of 爺. Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
卩
卩 Simplified component
jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 耶 component in the traditional character 爺.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

爺 ye, yé father Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
耶
耶 Sound component
yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglaː
Unicodeia

Sources

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