醉虾
zuì​xiā

drunken shrimp

醉 zuì intoxicated

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

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttswijHCə.tsu[t]-sdrunk (adj.)
Zhengzhangʔsuds
Unicodetzuì

說文解字

卒也。卒其度量，不至於亂也。一曰潰也。从酉从卒。

Sources

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

虾 xiā shrimp Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 下 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蝦.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
下
下 Sound component
xià, xia under

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蝦 xiā shrimp Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
叚
叚 Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæ[ɡ]ˤrahae-mae frog; shrimp
Zhengzhangqʰraː
ɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

蝦蟆也。从虫叚聲。

Sources

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