诸如此类
zhū​rú​cǐ​lèi HSK7

etcetera

诸 zhū several Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諸.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

储槠

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

如 rú be like

Original meaning: obey

Depicts a woman (女) obeying spoken (口) orders. Based on the original meaning "obey". The meaning later shifted to "be similar" and "like". 女 also serves as a sound component.

Components

女
女 SoundIconic component
nǚ, nü woman
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

恕絮茹洳铷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyona go to
nyona as, like, if

說文解字

《說文》：“如，从隨也。从女，从口。”

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)

此 cǐ this

Origin unclear. Two possible explanations are (1) depicts a person (人) stopping (止), meaning "here", and (2) depicts a foot (止) kicking a person (人), based on an earlier meaning "to kick" (跐).

Components

止
止 Iconic component
zhǐ (foot), stop
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 17 verified)

紫柴雌疵龇髭砦呲眦赀訾茈跐眥觜貲齜

Meaning (1)

些

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshjeX[tsʰ]e(j)ʔ this

說文解字

《說文》：“此，止也。从止，从匕。匕，相比次也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.119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)

类 lèi class Simplified

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

Components

米
米 Simplified component
mǐ rice

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

大
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

諸 zhū several Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

儲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyotamany
Zhengzhangtjaː
tja
Unicodejiu

說文解字

辯也。从言者聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

類 lèi class, kind Traditional

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

Components

頪
頪 Sound component
bright white
犬
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlwijH[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)