䖒 - Dong Chinese dictionary

xī

earthenware with the shape of a bean

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 豆 represents the meaning.

Components

hū

tiger

䖒 and 虍 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.䖒 /*ŋ̊(r)ar/
虍 /*qʰˤra (dialect *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-)/

豆 Meaning component

dòu

bean

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

䖒

xī

earthenware with the shape of a bean; used in ancient times

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

戲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*ŋ̊(r)ar	xje	xī	earthenware vessel (Shuōwén)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes	13
Unicode	U+4592
Shuowen	“，古陶器也。从豆，虍聲。”

Sources

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