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chùlèipángtōng

analogize

chù knock against, touch, to butt with the horns Simplified

Simplified form of 觸. Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.

Components

角 Meaning component

jiǎo, jué horn

虫 Simplified component

chóng bug, insect

Shorthand for the phonetic 蜀 component in the traditional character 觸.

Sources

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

lèi class Simplified

Simplified form of 類. Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 頪 represents the sound.

Components

米 Simplified component

mǐ rice

Shorthand for 頪, the sound component in the traditional character 頪.

大 Simplified component

dà, dài big

Shorthand for 犬, the meaning component in the traditional character 頪.

Sources

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

páng side

Phonosemantic component. 凡 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

凡 Iconic component

fán all

Depicts a wide, flat object.

Change in form

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

方 Sound Meaning component

fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 14 verified)

膀镑榜傍磅谤螃滂耪蒡鳑鰟鎊謗

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bang	[b]ˤaŋ	side; broad

說文解字

《說文》：“旁，溥也。从二，闕，方聲。，古文；，亦古文；雱，籀文。”

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)

tōng, tòng pass through

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

甬 Sound component

yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thuwng	l̥ˤoŋ	penetrate

說文解字

達也。从辵甬聲。

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)

chù knock against, touch, to butt with the horns Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 蜀 represents the sound.

Components

角 Meaning component

jiǎo, jué horn

蜀 Sound component

shǔ short name for Sichuan

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyhowk	tʰok	knock against

說文解字

《說文》：“觸，抵也。从角，蜀聲。”

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)

lèi class, kind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 頪 represents the sound.

Components

頪 Sound component

bright white

犬 Meaning component

quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lwijH	[r]u[t]-s	category

說文解字

《說文》：“類，種類相似，唯犬為甚。从犬，頪聲。”

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)