允诺
yǔn​nuò

consent

允 yǔn allow, permit

Phonosemantic compound. 㠯 represents the sound and 人 represents the meaning.

Components

㠯
㠯 Sound component
yǐ by means of
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 㠯 than it was in ancient scripts.
人
人 Meaning component
rén, ren person

Character Evolution

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 Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartywinX[l]u[r]ʔ truly

說文解字

《說文》：“允，信也。从儿，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.688
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

诺 nuò promise Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 若 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諾.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

若
若 Sound component
ruò if

Sources

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

諾 promise Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
若
若 Sound component
ruò if

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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-Sagartnaknˤak agree, say yes

說文解字

《說文》：“諾，也。从言，若聲。”

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)