zhuāng​xiè

load/unload

zhuāng dress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
Meaning component
clothes

Sources

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

xiè lay down

Right half of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjaeHs-qʰA(ʔ)-s to unload

說文解字

《說文》:“卸,舍車解馬也。从卪、止、午。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhuāng dress Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
Meaning component
clothes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraŋ
ʔsraŋs
Unicodejriɑng

說文解字

《說文》:“裝,裹也。从衣,壯聲。”

Sources

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