间歇训练
jiàn​xiē​xùn​liàn

interval training

间 jiān, jian, jiàn space Simplified

Simplified form of 間. Depicts sunlight (日) shining through the gap in a door (門).

Components

门
门 Iconic component
mén, men door
日
日 Iconic component
rì sun

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

简涧锏裥

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

涧

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歇 xiē rest

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

欠
欠 Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient
曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蠍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjotqʰatcease, rest (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰad
Unicodexiæt

說文解字

息也。一曰气越泄。从欠曷聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

训 xun, xùn teach, train Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訓.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

川
川 Sound component
chuān stream
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

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练 liàn practice Simplified

Original meaning: boil and scour raw silk

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "boil and scour raw silk" to make it softer and whiter. The meaning later shifted to "to make perfect" and "to practice". Simplified form of 練.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

Change in meaning
纟 hints at the original meaning of 练, " boil and scour raw silk", which is no longer the most common meaning of 练 in modern Mandarin.
柬
柬 SoundSimplified component
jiǎn letter

Derived from the cursive form of the traditional 柬 component.

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間 jiān, jian, jiàn space Traditional

Depicts sunlight (日) shining through the gap in a door (門).

Components

門
門 Iconic component
mén, men door
日
日 Iconic component
rì sun

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

簡澗

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

澗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkeankˤre[n] interval
keankˤre[n] 間關 sound of a chariot's linchpin (Ode 218.1)
heanN-kˤre[n] idle

Sources

Character origin
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

訓 xun, xùn teach, train Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
川
川 Sound component
chuān stream
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瞓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjunHl̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )instruct

說文解字

《說文》：“訓，說教也。从言，川聲。”

Sources

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Baxter-Sagart
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

練 liàn practice Traditional

Original meaning: boil and scour raw silk

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "boil and scour raw silk" to make it softer and whiter. The meaning later shifted to "to make perfect" and "to practice".

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

Change in meaning
糹 hints at the original meaning of 練, "boil and scour raw silk", which is no longer the most common meaning of 練 in modern Mandarin.
柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlenH[r]ˤen-s sized white silk

說文解字

《說文》：“練，湅繒也。从糸，柬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)