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bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

卜 Sound component

bo fortune telling

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

gěi, jǐ give Simplified

Simplified form of 給. Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

Silk is a precious material.

合 Sound component

hé to join

Change in sound

给 and 合 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
给 kip
合 kop

Historical Pronunciations

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

zhàn stand up

Phonosemantic compound. 立 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

立 Meaning component

lì stand

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	rteːms

Sources

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

bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫 Sound component

fu begin

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	puX	[Cə]-pˤaʔ	to patch

說文解字

《說文》：“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”

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)

gěi, jǐ give Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

Silk is a precious material.

合 Sound component

hé to join

Change in sound

給 and 合 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
給 kip
合 kop

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kip	[k](r)[ə]p	furnish

說文解字

《說文》：“給，相足也。从糸，合聲。”

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)

补 bǔ mend, patch Simplified

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给 gěi, jǐ give Simplified

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站 zhàn stand up

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補 bǔ mend, patch Traditional

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說文解字

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給 gěi, jǐ give Traditional

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說文解字

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bǔ mend, patch Simplified

gěi, jǐ give Simplified

zhàn stand up

bǔ mend, patch Traditional

gěi, jǐ give Traditional