众口一词
zhòng​kǒu​yī​cí

unanimous

众 zhòng crowd, people Simplified

Triple of 人 (person). Depicts many people together. Simplified form of 眾.

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

閦

Sources

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

口 kǒu, kou mouth

Pictograph of a mouth.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (95 of 380 verified)

和可同知问加命听呢叫吗吧吃号响古若哪哈啊呼味叶吸呀含唐喝君嘴唯售哲喊啦召唱叹吹吓呈嘛吾吐咬鸣吨喷哀吞唤呵唇哦哩哼吻喘喂吟咽吵嗯啥唉咐喉吁辟吼嘱喃嚷喻咒哎吩啸嘲啡噢哑咳咖哨咨咕嘿嘻哇喀哗嗓哄哟呜叮弘喇嗅叭嚼咧咯哉嘶喧嗡噪吱哺啪嗽咋嘟叨啤嘎呕喔呐哮啼呻咚嘘嗜咙唾吭咦嗦噜唬呃叱叽唔喽咎噬哆嚎嗤嗨嘀喳咪侃咄啃咆唠噩呛吠嘈啄噗咏呱嗒咀嗔吆哝嚓哧喋噶唆哽啧吮叼哒嗖咔唧嗳呸嗟嚏噎呗唷喙啜呷啾囔嗷嗫嗬嚅咂喏噤嘤啵啻咛嗥噼咻唑咝啮喟啕嘭唏呓唰噫嘁咣喵啷嗑噙嗝啐辔嘹嗲哂呶噘噔咤嗵咿嗪咩啶呤唁喑啭哐嗄嘣吡咭嘧噱嘌呋卟嗍吒嗉呲呦嗌哔啖啁咴哞啉噌嘞唳喁哌唿呒嚯噻呖喱嘬哙唢哏喹吣哓吖呙吲哚嚆喈鳴唣唛噍唼哕唪哜哳茍啫噹啇咥唫啞呬唅啓喨嘮唚嗐喚喲喼嗊嘅嚨啴嘚囀噥囑噁呎啰唵嗩嘔嘖嘽嚀呫呪咊唝嘰噦審呑嗁囉嘸嘯𪠽噠咑唸吋吶呣咾噲噸嚄嗆嘜嘆嘩嗎嘍嚙唄噴冋呿嚥咼哱唎嗶噯轡𫫇問嚕囈嗚囌噓嚇嘢㕯

Iconic (42)

去如公向合名各司品告令喜占兄谷吴启呆甘昌祝曰旨舌咒兑嗣杏亟聖肙𧮫咠㗊吅呪兌吳啟𦰩𠯑𣄰

Distinguishing (15)

者高台商周害否右吉尚咱舍兽咸獸

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

句扣勾叩釦

Unknown (1 of 2 verified)

呔壽

Simplified (1)

呙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhuwXkʰˤ(r)oʔ mouth

說文解字

《說文》：“口，人所以言食也。象形。”

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)

一 yī one

A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (9)

生之方或万旦曰巿丏

Meaning (2 of 7 verified)

百千兹闩戛晉閂

Unknown (2)

昼晝

Distinguishing (1)

夫

Simplified (1)

丛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jitʔi[t] one

說文解字

《說文》：“一，惟初太始，道立於一，造分天地，化成萬物。弌，古文一。”

Sources

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

词 cí words Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 司 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詞.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

司
司 Sound component
sī take charge of

Sources

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

眾 zhòng crowd, people Traditional

Depicts a crowd of people (乑) standing under the sun (日).

Components

日
日 Iconic component
rì sun

Later reanalyzed as 目 (eye).

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 日 than it was in ancient scripts.
乑
乑 Iconic component
zhòng, yín, pān people standing side-by-side

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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 Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyuwngHtuŋ-s numerous

說文解字

《說文》：“眾，多也，从、目，眾意。”

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)

詞 cí words Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
司
司 Sound component
sī take charge of

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzisə.lə utterance

說文解字

《說文》：“詞，意內而言外也。从司，从言。”

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)