连体婴儿 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lián connect, join, link Simplified

Depicts a carriage (车) being pulled by a person walking (辶). Simplified form of 連.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

莲链琏涟鲢裢梿

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

链

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

tǐ body Simplified

Simplified form of 體. The foundation (本) of a person (亻) is their body (体).

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

本 Meaning component

běn root

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	bɯːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

yīng infant Simplified

Original meaning: necklace

Simplified form of 嬰. Depicts a woman (女) wearing shell ornaments (賏) around her neck. 賏 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "necklace". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "infant" or "baby".

Components

賏 Sound Iconic Simplified component

yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together

Depicts two shells (贝) strung together.

女 Iconic component

nǚ, nü woman

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

樱鹦缨嘤瘿璎撄

Sources

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

r, ér child Simplified

Simplified form of 兒. Variant form of 人, a pictograph of a human.

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党

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

禿

說文解字

《說文》：“儿，仁人也。古文奇字人也。象形。孔子曰：在人下，故詰屈。”

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lián connect, join, link Traditional

Depicts a carriage (車) being pulled by a person walking (辶).

Components

車 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

蓮鏈褳漣槤鰱

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

鏈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljen	C.ra[n]	[surname]
	ljen	[r]a[n]	connect in a row

說文解字

員連也。从辵从車。

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)

tǐ body Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound.

Components

骨 Meaning component

gǔ, gú bone

豊 Sound component

lǐ, fēng abundant

Change in sound

體 and 豊 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
體 *r̥ˤijʔ
豊 *[r]ˤijʔ

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thejX	r̥ˤijʔ	body; limbs

說文解字

《說文》：“體，總十二屬也。从骨，豊聲。”

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)

yīng infant Traditional

Original meaning: necklace

Depicts a woman (女) wearing shell ornaments (賏) around her neck. 賏 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "necklace". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "infant" or "baby".

Components

賏 Sound Iconic component

yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together

Depicts two shells (貝) strung together.

女 Iconic component

nǚ, nü woman

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Sound (0 of 4 verified)

纓櫻鸚瓔

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jieng	ʔeŋ	surround; necklace
	'jieng	ʔeŋ	baby

說文解字

《說文》：“嬰，頸飾也。从女、賏，賏，其連也。”

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)

r, ér son Traditional

Pictograph of a child (人) with an opening in the top of its head (囟). Represents the soft spot (fontanel) at the top of young infant heads. The 囟 component is written like 臼.

Components

囟 Iconic component

xìn fontanel

Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

Depicts a human.

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

睨阋猊鲵鯢鬩

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

倪霓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nye	ŋe	child

說文解字

《說文》：“兒，孺子也。从儿，象小兒頭囟未合。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.687
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

连 lián connect, join, link Simplified

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Sound (0 of 7 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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体 tǐ body Simplified

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婴 yīng infant Simplified

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Sound (0 of 7 verified)

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儿 r, ér child Simplified

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Simplified (1)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

說文解字

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連 lián connect, join, link Traditional

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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體 tǐ body Traditional

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嬰 yīng infant Traditional

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Sound (0 of 4 verified)

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說文解字

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兒 r, ér son Traditional

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

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lián connect, join, link Simplified

tǐ body Simplified

yīng infant Simplified

r, ér child Simplified

lián connect, join, link Traditional

tǐ body Traditional

yīng infant Traditional

r, ér son Traditional