蟠根错节 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

pán, fán coil

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

番 Sound component

fān to take turns

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ba	[b]ˤar	curl (v.)
	ban	[b]ˤar	curl (v.)
Zhengzhang		baːn
		ban
Unicode	bhɑn

說文解字

鼠婦也。从虫番聲。

Sources

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

gēn root

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

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Baxter-Sagart	kon	[k]ˤə[r]	root, trunk

說文解字

《說文》：“根，木株也。从木，艮聲。”

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)

cuò error Simplified

Simplified form of 錯. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Change in sound

错 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
错 *[tsʰ]ˤak
昔 *[s]Ak

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

jié holiday Simplified

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Simplified form of 節. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.

Components

艹 Meaning Simplified component

cao, cǎo grass

Shorthand for the ⺮ component in the traditional character 節.

卩 Sound Simplified component

jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 即 component in the traditional character 節.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

栉

Sources

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

cuò error Traditional

Original meaning: grind stone

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Change in sound

錯 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
錯 *[tsʰ]ˤak
昔 *[s]Ak

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshak	[tsʰ]ˤak	slanting

說文解字

《說文》：“錯，金涂也。从金，昔聲。”

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)

jié holiday Traditional

Original meaning: bamboo joint

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bamboo joint". Later used as a measure word for segments and divisions of time.