休谟
Xiū​mó

David Hume

休 xiū rest

Depicts a person (亻) resting under a tree (木).

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
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
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

咻庥鸺髹貅鵂

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjuwqʰ(r)u rest (v.)
xjuwqʰ(r)u blessing

說文解字

《說文》：“休，息止也。从人依木。庥，休或从广。”

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)

谟 mó scheme Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謨.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謨 scheme Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmumˤ[a]deliberate (v.)
Zhengzhangmaː
Unicodemò

說文解字

議謀也。从言莫聲。《虞書》曰：“咎繇謨。”

Sources

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