隋
suí

Sui dynasty

Original meaning: shred sacrificial meat

Phonosemantic compound. 隓 represents the sound and ⺼ represents the meaning.

Components

隓
隓 SoundRemnant component
huī, duò destroy
⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Change in meaning
⺼ hints at the original meaning of 隋, "shred sacrificial meat", which is no longer the most common meaning of 隋 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjwieHl̥oj-s (W. dialect: *l̥- > x-)shred sacrificial meat
dwaXlˤojʔ to fall
dwaXlˤojʔ to fall
zjwesə.loj (place name)
sjweHs-loj-s shred sacrificial meat
thwaXl̥ˤojʔ shred sacrificial meat

說文解字

《說文》:“隋,裂肉也。从肉,从隓省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica