tǔ​yàn

bloom

tǔ, tù vomit

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
earth

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuXtʰˤaʔeject from mouth, spit
thuHtʰˤaʔ-svomit
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːʔ
l̥ʰaːs
Unicode

說文解字

寫也。从口土聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yàn beautiful Simplified

Lush  and sexy 

Components

Meaning component
fēng luxuriant
Meaning component
color

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yàn beautiful Traditional

Lush  and sexy 

Components

Meaning component
abundant
Meaning component
color

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglams

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang