sēng, céng Buddhist priest

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɯːŋ
Unicodesəng
səng

說文解字

浮屠道人也。从人曾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

mào hat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth
SoundMeaning component
mào risk

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmawHmˤuk-s hat

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

bàn petal

Original meaning: melon seeds

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
guā melon

melon

Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreːns

說文解字

《說文》:“瓣,瓜中實。从瓜,辡聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica