众怒难犯 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhòng crowd, people Simplified

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

Components

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

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

nù anger

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 奴 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

奴 Sound component

nú slave

Character Evolution

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nuX	C.nˤaʔ	angry
	nuH	C.nˤaʔ-s	anger, angry; vigorous
Zhengzhang		naːʔ
		naːs
Unicode	nǒ
	nò

說文解字

恚也。从心奴聲。

Sources

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

nán, nan, nàn difficult Simplified

Original meaning: type of bird

Simplified form of 難. Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

又 Simplified component

yòu again

Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 難.

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

滩摊瘫傩

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

fàn commit crime

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 𢎘 represents the sound.

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

𢎘 Sound component

hàn flower bud

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢎘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		bomʔ
Unicode	bhiæ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“犯，侵也。从犬，巳聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 教育部異體字字典
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhòng crowd, people Traditional

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

Components

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 Iconic component

zhòng, yín, pān people standing side-by-side

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyuwngH	tuŋ-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)

nán, nan, nàn difficult Traditional

Original meaning: type of bird

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 𦰩 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of bird". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.