酷碰券
kù​pèng​quàn

coupon

酷 kù strong (wine), cool

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
告
告 Sound component
gào tell
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhowkkʰˤuk cruel

說文解字

《說文》：“酷，酒厚味也。从酉，告聲。”

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)

碰 pèng collide

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 並 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
並
並 Sound component
side by side

Sources

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

券 quàn certificate

Components

龹
龹 Sound component
juǎn to roll rice into a ball
刀
刀 Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰons

說文解字

契也。从刀𢍏聲。券別之書，以刀判契其旁，故曰契券。

Sources

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