亭阁
tíng​gé

pavilion

亭 tíng pavilion

Phonosemantic compound. 京 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

京
京 Iconic component
jīng capital city

Depicts a tall building.

丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

停婷葶

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdengm-tˤeŋ manage

說文解字

《說文》：“亭，民所安定也。亭有樓，从高省，丁聲。”

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)

阁 gé chamber Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閣.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搁

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

閣 chamber Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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)

擱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkakC.kˤakshelf, frame
Zhengzhangklaːɡ
Unicodegɑk

說文解字

所以止扉也。从門各聲。

Sources

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