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diāobǎn

woodblock

diāo engrave

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tew	tˤiw	bird of prey
Zhengzhang		tɯːw
Unicode	deu

說文解字

鷻也。从隹周聲。

Sources

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

bǎn printing block, edition

Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

片 Meaning component

piàn, piān slice

反 Sound component

fǎn reverse

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
Zhengzhang		praːnʔ
Unicode	bǎn

說文解字

《說文》：“版，判也。从片，反聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)