虚张声势 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

xū void, false Simplified

Simplified form of 虛. Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

业 Simplified component

yè profession

Shorthand for the 丘 component in the traditional character 虛.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

墟嘘觑魖歔覷

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

zhāng stretch Simplified

Simplified form of 張. Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

长 Sound component

zhǎng, cháng long

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

涨

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Readings & variants: Unicode

shēng, sheng sound Simplified

Remnant of the character 殸 (stone chimes). Depicts a musical stone chime hung up on a rope. Simplified form of 聲.

Components

糸 Iconic component

mì, sī silk

Depicts a rope. Modern form looks like unrelated 士.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 糸 than it was in ancient scripts.

石 Iconic component

shí stone

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 石 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Iconic (2)

磬殸

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

shì, shi power Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 执 represents the sound. Simplified form of 勢.

Components

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

执 Sound component

zhí hold in hand

Sources

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

xū void, false Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

丘 Meaning component

qiū hill

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 丘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

噓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khjo	C.qʰ(r)a	hill, mound; abandoned city
	xjo	qʰ(r)a	empty

說文解字

《說文》：“虛，大丘也。崐崘丘謂之崐崘虛，古者九夫為井，四井為邑，四邑為丘，丘謂之虛。从丘，虍聲。”

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)

zhāng stretch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

長 Sound component

zhǎng, cháng long

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Sound (1)

漲

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trjang	C.traŋ	draw a bow

說文解字

《說文》：“張，施弓弦也。从弓，長聲。”

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)

shēng, sheng sound Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 殸 represents the sound.

Components

耳 Meaning component

ěr ear

殸 Sound component

qìng, kēng, shēng stone chimes

Change in sound

聲 and 殸 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
聲 syeng
殸 khengH

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syeng	[l̥]eŋ	sound (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“聲，音也。从耳，殸聲。殸，籀文磬。”

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)

shì, shi power Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 埶 represents the sound.

Components

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

埶 Sound component

yì, shì art, skill

Change in sound

勢 and 埶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
勢 *ŋ̊et-s
埶 *ŋ̊et-s

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syejH	ŋ̊et-s	circumstances, setting

說文解字

《說文新附》：“勢，盛力，權也。从力，埶聲。”

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)

虚 xū void, false Simplified

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张 zhāng stretch Simplified

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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声 shēng, sheng sound Simplified

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Iconic (2)

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势 shì, shi power Simplified

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虛 xū void, false Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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張 zhāng stretch Traditional

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Sound (1)

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說文解字

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聲 shēng, sheng sound Traditional

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說文解字

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勢 shì, shi power Traditional

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說文解字

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xū void, false Simplified

zhāng stretch Simplified

shēng, sheng sound Simplified

shì, shi power Simplified

xū void, false Traditional

zhāng stretch Traditional

shēng, sheng sound Traditional

shì, shi power Traditional