Dong Chinese dictionary

chēng, chèn

pick up

Depicts a hand (爫) grabbing a fish (魚).

Components

爫 Iconic component

zhǎo

hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪.

魚 Iconic component

yú

fish

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 魚 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chēng

pick up; lift; to weigh; old variant of 稱|称[chēng]

chèn

old variant of 稱|称[chèn]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources