顾客 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

gù look back, look after Simplified

Simplified form of 顧. Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.

Components

厄 Simplified component

è adversity, distress

Shorthand for the 雇 component in the traditional character 顧.

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

kè guest

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

各 Sound component

gè each

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

额喀髂額

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khaek	kʰˤrak	guest

說文解字

《說文》：“客，寄也。从宀，各聲。”

Sources

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

gù look back, look after Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.

Components

雇 Sound component

gù employ

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuH	[k]ʷˤaʔ-s (~ *[k]ʷˤaʔ)	look around

說文解字

《說文》：“顧，還視也。从頁，雇聲。”

Sources

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

顾 gù look back, look after Simplified

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客 kè guest

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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顧 gù look back, look after Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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gù look back, look after Simplified

kè guest

gù look back, look after Traditional