講
jiǎng HSK2

explain

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approved by Peter Olson · Aug 28, 2021, 09:23 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Aug 28, 2021, 09:23 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
冓
冓 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaewngXkˤroŋʔ explain; discuss

說文解字

《說文》：“講，和解也。从言，冓聲。”

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)