诚邀
chéng​yāo

warmly invite

诚 chéng sincere Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誠.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

成
成 Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Sources

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

邀 yāo invite

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqlew
kleːw
Unicodeqiɛu

Sources

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

誠 chéng sincere Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
成
成 Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyeng[d]eŋ sincere

說文解字

《說文》：“誠，信也。从言，成聲。”

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)