yuè​bāng​yuè​máng

hinder

yuè exceed

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zǒu walk
Sound component
yuè battle-axe

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwot[ɢ]ʷat pass over

說文解字

《說文》:“越,度也。从走,戊聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bāng help Simplified

Original meaning: side of a shoe

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of . Based on the original meaning "side of a shoe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth
Sound component
bāng nation

Sources

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

máng busy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

is a component form of .

Sound component
wáng death

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmangmˤaŋ flurried

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

bāng help Traditional

Original meaning: side of a shoe

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "side of a shoe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
silks
Sound component
fēng letter

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːŋ

Sources

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