貼 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

tiē HSK4

to paste

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Original meaning: to compensate, subsidize

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

貝 Meaning component

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Change in meaning

貝 hints at the original meaning of 貼, "to compensate, subsidize", which is no longer the most common meaning of 貼 in modern Mandarin.

占 Sound component

Change in sound

貼 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thep	[tʰ]ˤ[e]p	paste (v.) [not in GSR]

《說文新附》：“貼，以物為質也。从貝，占聲。”