预支
yù​zhī

draw

预 yù prepare Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound. Simplified form of 預.

Components

予
予 Sound component
yǔ give
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蓣

Sources

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

支 zhī support, hold up

Pictograph of a hand (又) lifting a piece of bamboo (个).

Components

个
个 Iconic component
gè, ge, gě [measure word]

Depicts a piece of bamboo.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 14 verified)

技枝翅歧肢妓吱岐庋屐芰豉忮跂

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

妓伎

Iconic (1)

鼓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyeke support, hold up
tsyeke branch (of tree), limb

說文解字

《說文》：“支，去竹之枝也。从手持半竹。，古文支。”

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)

預 yù prepare Traditional

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

Components

予
予 Sound component
yǔ give
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蕷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglas
Unicodeiù

說文解字

《說文新附》：“預，安也。案經典通用豫。从頁，未詳。”

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)