递给 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

dì hand over Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遞.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

弟 Sound component

dì, di younger brother

Character Evolution

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

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Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

gěi, jǐ give Simplified

Simplified form of 給. Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

Silk is a precious material.

合 Sound component

hé to join

Change in sound

给 and 合 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
给 kip
合 kop

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

dì hand over Traditional

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

walk

虒 Sound component

sī, xī, tí an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dejX	lˤeʔ	alternate
Zhengzhang		l'eːʔ
		l'eːs
Unicode	dhěi
	dhèi

說文解字

更易也。从辵虒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

gěi, jǐ give Traditional

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

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

Silk is a precious material.

合 Sound component

hé to join

Change in sound

給 and 合 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
給 kip
合 kop

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kip	[k](r)[ə]p	furnish

說文解字

《說文》：“給，相足也。从糸，合聲。”

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)

递 dì hand over Simplified

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给 gěi, jǐ give Simplified

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遞 dì hand over Traditional

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給 gěi, jǐ give Traditional

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dì hand over Simplified

gěi, jǐ give Simplified

dì hand over Traditional

gěi, jǐ give Traditional