资产阶级右派 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zī property Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound. Simplified form of 資.

Components

次 Sound component

cì second, next

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

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Readings & variants: Unicode

chǎn give birth Simplified

Simplified form of 產. Phonosemantic compound. 生 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound. The traditional component 生 was removed for simplification.

Components

彦 Sound Remnant component

yàn, pán elegant

Change in sound

产 and 彦 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
产 *s-ŋrarʔ
彦 ŋrans

生 Deleted component

shēng, sheng life

The traditional component 生 was removed for simplification.

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铲浐

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Readings & variants: Unicode

jiē stairs Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 介 represents the sound. Simplified form of 階.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

介 Sound component

jiè to lie between

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

jí level Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound. Simplified form of 級.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

及 Sound component

jí extend

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

yòu right

Pictograph of a right hand. The 口 (mouth) component was added later to distinguish the character from 又.

Components

又 Sound Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a right hand.

口 Distinguishing component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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佑醢

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjuwX	[ɢ]ʷəʔ	right hand
	hjuwH	[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s (~ *m-qʷəʔ)	right hand

說文解字

《說文》：“右，手口相助也。从又，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)

pài school of thought, faction

Depicts the water (氵) in a river flowing into different branches (𠂢). The meaning later expanded to "faction", "school of thought", and "style".

Components

氵 Iconic component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠂢 Sound Iconic component

pài river branching

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蒎

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		m̥ʰreːɡs
Unicode	pɛ̀i

說文解字

《說文》：“派，別水也。从水，从，亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zī property Traditional

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

Components

次 Sound component

cì second, next

貝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

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Baxter-Sagart	tsij	[ts]ij	property, means of living

說文解字

《說文》：“資，貨也。从貝，次聲。”

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)

chǎn give birth Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 生 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound.

Components

彥 Sound Remnant component

elegant

Change in sound

產 and 彥 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
產 *s-ŋrarʔ
彥 *ŋrar-s

生 Meaning component

shēng, sheng life

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隡剷

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sreanX	s-ŋrarʔ	bear (v.), produce

說文解字

《說文》：“產，生也。从生，彥省聲。”

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)

jiē stairs Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 皆 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

皆 Sound component

jiē all

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Baxter-Sagart	keaj	kˤrij	steps, stairs

說文解字

《說文》：“階，陛也。从，皆聲。”

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)

jí level Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

及 Sound component

jí extend

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Baxter-Sagart	kip	k(r)əp	degree, grade

說文解字

絲次弟也。从糸及聲。

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)

资 zī property Simplified

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产 chǎn give birth Simplified

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阶 jiē stairs Simplified

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级 jí level Simplified

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右 yòu right

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派 pài school of thought, faction

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資 zī property Traditional

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產 chǎn give birth Traditional

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階 jiē stairs Traditional

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級 jí level Traditional

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zī property Simplified

chǎn give birth Simplified

jiē stairs Simplified

jí level Simplified

yòu right

pài school of thought, faction

zī property Traditional

chǎn give birth Traditional

jiē stairs Traditional

jí level Traditional