jiāo spirited, haughty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified from .

Components

Meaning component
horse
SoundMeaning component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

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Character origin
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shē extravagant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dà, dài big
Sound component
zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyæs.tʰAextravagant
Zhengzhanghljaː
Unicodeshia

說文解字

張也。从大者聲。凡奢之屬皆从奢。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

yín obscene

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyimN.r[ə]mexcess; licentious
Zhengzhanglɯm

說文解字

侵淫隨理也。从水㸒聲。一曰久雨爲淫。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

yì, dié indulge in pleasures

To lose  a person 

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Meaning component
shī lose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangliɡ

說文解字

佚民也。从人失聲。一曰佚,忽也。

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

jiāo spirited, haughty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
horse
SoundMeaning component
tall

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrew
Unicodegyɛu

說文解字

《說文》:“驕,馬高六尺為驕。从馬,喬聲。《詩》曰:‘我馬唯驕。’一曰野馬。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica