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yǎpǐ

yuppie

yǎ, yā, yá elegant

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngæX	N-ɢˤraʔ	proper, refined
	ngæX	[N-ɢ]ˤraʔ	kind of musical instrument
Zhengzhang		ŋraːʔ
Unicode	ngǎ

說文解字

楚烏也。一名鸒，一名卑居。秦謂之雅。从隹牙聲。

Sources

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

pǐ dyspepsia

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 否 represents the sound.

Components

疒 Meaning component

nè sick

否 Sound component

fǒu not

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	prɯʔ
	brɯʔ
	pɯʔ

說文解字

痛也。从疒否聲。

Sources

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