mǎn​kǒu​zāng​huà

foul-mouthed

mǎn fill Simplified

Simplified form of 滿. Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

𬜯
𬜯 Simplified component
liǎng name of a variety of grass

Simplified from the traditional phonetic component .

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

kǒu, kou mouth

Pictograph of a mouth.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

Unknown (1 of 2 verified)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhuwXkʰˤ(r)oʔ mouth

說文解字

《說文》:“口,人所以言食也。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zàng, zāng internal organs, dirty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of (dirty) and (internal organ).

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
zhuāng village, farmstead

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

huà, hua speech Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

is a component form of .

𠯑
𠯑 Sound component
guā block the mouth

Modern form looks like .

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

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

滿 mǎn fill Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
mán equal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmanXmˤ[o][n]ʔ full

說文解字

《說文》:“滿,盈溢也。从水,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

dirty Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
Sound component
zàng bury

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

huà, hua speech Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
𠯑
𠯑 Sound component
guā block the mouth

Modern form looks like .

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwaejH[g]ʷˤrat-s speak; words

說文解字

《說文》:“,合會善言也。从言,聲。《傳》曰:‘告之話言。’譮,籀文从會。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica