葫芦岛

葫 hú bottle-gourd

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

胡
胡 Sound component
hú beard

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthu[ɡ]ˤagourd
Zhengzhangqʰaː
ɡaː

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

芦 lú, lu rushes Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘆.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

岛 dǎo island Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 島.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
鸟
鸟 Sound component
niǎo bird

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

捣

Sources

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

蘆 lú, lu rushes Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

盧
盧 Sound component
rice vessel

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluC.rˤalúwěi 蘆葦 reed
Zhengzhangraː
ra
Unicodelo

說文解字

蘆菔也。一曰薺根。从艸盧聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

島 dǎo island Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鳥 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
鳥
鳥 Sound component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤuʔ island

說文解字

《說文》：“，海中往往有山可依止曰。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)