Chinese

影響

/iŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to have an effect on; to influence; to affect; to disturb
  • TOCFL 4
  • 影响
  • 𢒈响

Etymology graph

  • inherited
  • borrowed
  • derived
  • parts
  • meaning component
  • sound component
  • related
React Flow

點擊節點放大 · Click a node to zoom in

Origin

Various senses stemmed from two literal meanings:

* “Shadow and echo” (that closely follow a body or sound) > “to follow or respond swiftly” > “to imitate; to approximate”; “effect; influence”; “to affect; etc.;

* “Shadow and sound” (from the presence of a person or animal) > “trace; trail” > “news; tidings; information”; “impression; outline”; “faint; vague” > “baseless”.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • characterChinese影 “shadow”
    • soundChinese景 “sunlight”
      • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
      • soundChinese京 “capital (city)”
    • meaningChinese彡 “hair”
  • characterChinese響 “to make a sound; to make a noise”
    • soundChinese鄉 “township”
      • ideaChinese𠨍 “order, regulation”
      • ideaChinese皀 “Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)”
    • meaningChinese音 “sound; voice; tone”

Sources