五大连池 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wǔ five

Origin unclear. Originally an X-shape.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Sound (1 of 2 verified)

伍吾

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

伍

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nguX	C.ŋˤaʔ	five

說文解字

《說文》：“五，五行也。从二。陰陽在天地間交午也。，古文五省。”

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)

dà, dài big

Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect. The meaning later shifted to "big".

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Meaning (9 of 21 verified)

去太奇套尖奈赤契夸奎奢奕叁奘夯奁夼尜奩奓𢧤 show all 21 show fewer

Iconic (21)

天因美夫央亦乘衡牵熊夹爽奚鬱粦耎夨叕夾椉業 show all 21 show fewer

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	daH	lˤat-s (MC F!)	big
	dajH	lˤa[t]-s	big

說文解字

《說文》：“大，天大、地大、人亦大，故大象人形。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.764
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

chí pool

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

也 Sound component

yě also

Change in sound

池 and 也 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
池 *Cə.lraj
也 *lAjʔ

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drje	Cə.lraj	pool (n.)

Sources

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

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)

五 wǔ five

Character Evolution

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Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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大 dà, dài big

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (9 of 21 verified)

Iconic (21)

Sound (6 of 11 verified)

Simplified (4)

Unknown (0 of 2 verified)

Deleted (1)

Remnant (1)

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說文解字

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连 lián connect, join, link Simplified

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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池 chí pool

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連 lián connect, join, link Traditional

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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wǔ five

dà, dài big

lián connect, join, link Simplified

chí pool

lián connect, join, link Traditional