傩神
nuó​shén

exorcist deity

傩 nuó rich Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 难 represents the sound. Simplified form of 儺.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

难
难 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

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神 shén, shen spirit

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

申
申 Sound component
shēn to extend

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzyinCə.li[n] spirit

說文解字

《說文》：“神，天神，引出萬物者也。从示、申。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

儺 rich Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 難 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

難
難 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnanˤarexpel demons; rich, ample, fine, beautiful
naXnˤarʔrich, beautiful
Zhengzhangnaːl

說文解字

行人節也。从人難聲。《詩》曰：“佩玉之儺。”

Sources

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