赊账
shē​zhàng

buy on credit

赊 shē, shā buy and sell on credit Simplified

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

佘
佘 Sound component
shé surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

账 zhàng accounts Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 长 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賬.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
长
长 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

賒 buy and sell on credit Traditional

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

佘
佘 Sound component
shé surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyael̥Atrade on credit
Zhengzhanghljaː
Unicodeshia

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

賬 accounts Traditional

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

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
長
長 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang