二连盆地 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

èr two

Two horizontal strokes, representing the number two.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyijH	ni[j]-s	two

說文解字

《說文》：“二，地之數也。从偶一。弍，古文。”

Sources

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

lián connect, join, link Simplified

Depicts a carriage (车) being pulled by a person walking (辶). Simplified form of 連.

Components

车 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

莲链琏涟鲢裢梿

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

链

Sources

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

pén basin

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components

皿 Meaning component

mǐn, mǐng dish

分 Sound component

fēn, fèn, fen divide

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湓

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bwon	[b]ˤə[n]	bowl, basin
Zhengzhang		bɯːn

說文解字

盎也。从皿分聲。

Sources

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

de, dì earth

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

也 Sound component

yě also

Change in sound

地 and 也 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
地 *[l]ˤej-s
也 *lAjʔ

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Baxter-Sagart	dijH	[l]ˤej-s	earth, ground

說文解字

《說文》：“地，元气初分，輕、清、陽為天；重、濁、陰為地。萬物所陳列也。从土，也聲。墬，籀文地从。”

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)

lián connect, join, link Traditional

Depicts a carriage (車) being pulled by a person walking (辶).

Components

車 Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

蓮鏈褳漣槤鰱

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

鏈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljen	C.ra[n]	[surname]
	ljen	[r]a[n]	connect in a row

說文解字

員連也。从辵从車。

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)

二 èr two

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连 lián connect, join, link Simplified

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Sound (0 of 7 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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盆 pén basin

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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地 de, dì earth

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連 lián connect, join, link Traditional

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

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說文解字

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èr two

lián connect, join, link Simplified

pén basin

de, dì earth

lián connect, join, link Traditional