茶匙 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

cháchí

teaspoon

chá tea

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

余 Sound component

yú I

Change in sound

茶 and 余 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
茶 *lˤra
余 *la

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搽

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drae	lˤra	(name of a plant)

Sources

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

shi spoon

Phonosemantic compound. 匕 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound.

Components

是 Sound component

shì, shi is

匕 Meaning component

bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		dje
Unicode	zhiɛ

說文解字

《說文》：“匙，匕也。从匕，是聲。”

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)

茶 chá tea

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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匙 shi spoon

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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chá tea

shi spoon