詹姆斯·乔伊斯
Zhān​mǔ​sī​· Qiáo​yī​sī

James Joyce

詹 zhān, dàn talk too much

Phonosemantic compound. 厃 represents the sound while 八 (eight) and 言 (speech) represent the meaning.

Components

厃
厃 Sound component
zhān, wěi high and dangerous, look upward
八
八 Meaning component
bā eight
言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

瞻檐赡蟾澹儋谵膽簷譫擔贍

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

谵譫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyem[t]am garrulous

說文解字

《說文》：“詹，多言也。从言，从八，从厃。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.83-84
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

姆 mǔ woman looking after children

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 母 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
母
母 Sound component
mǔ mother

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmuwXməʔ female teacher in harem

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

斯 sī this

Original meaning: cut

Phonosemantic compound. 斤 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "cut". Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

Components

斤
斤 Meaning component
jīn axe
其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

撕嘶厮澌廝

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsje[s]e split (v.)
sje[s]e this
sjese 斯須 a short time

說文解字

《說文》：“斯，析也。从斤，其聲。《詩》曰：‘斧以斯之。’”

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)

乔 qiáo, jiǎo tall Simplified

Simplified form of 喬. Originally written the same as 高 (tall). The top part of the character was altered to distinguish 喬 from 高.

Components

◎
◎ Distinguishing component
characterless component
高
高 SoundMeaningSimplified component
gāo high

Strokes were removed during simplification.

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

Component uses

Sound (2 of 10 verified)

桥娇骄侨轿矫荞峤鞒挢

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

骄轿荞峤

Sources

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

伊 yī third person pronoun

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尹 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

尹
尹 Sound component
yǐn, yún govern

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

咿蛜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jijʔij this

說文解字

《說文》：“伊，殷聖人阿衡，尹治天下者。从人，从尹。”

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)

喬 tall Traditional

Originally written the same as 高 (tall). The top part of the character was altered to distinguish 喬 from 高.

Components

◎
◎ Distinguishing component
characterless component
高
高 SoundMeaning component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

矯轎蟜驕蕎橋嬌僑

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

轎驕蕎

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjew[N-k](r)aw high, tall

說文解字

《說文》：“喬，高而曲也。从夭，从高省。《詩》曰：‘南有喬木。’”

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)