Chinese

簽

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
to sign; to endorse
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 竹
  • 19 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *skʰlam): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese竹 “bamboo (Classifier: 枝; 棵 m; 根 m; 轆／辘 c)”
  • soundChinese僉 “all; together; unanimous”
    • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
      • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • ideaChinese兄 “elder brother”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
      • ideaChinese儿 “standing person”
    • ideaChinese吅 “to speak loudly”
    • ideaChinese从 “two people standing together”

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