冘豫

冘 yín, yóu to move on

Pictograph of a person carrying a burden or an axe on their shoulder. Same in origin to 何.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an axe or a burden.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

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
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 8 verified)

沉沈枕耽忱眈鸩鴆

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

酖

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglu
lum

說文解字

《說文》：“冘，淫淫，行貌。从人出冂。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.450-451
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

豫 yù relaxed

Phonosemantic compound. 象 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound.

Components

象
象 Meaning component
xiàng elephant
予
予 Sound component
yǔ give

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 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-SagartyoHlaʔ-s go on tour
yoHlaʔ-s go on inspection tour

說文解字

《說文》：“豫，象之大者。賈侍中說：‘不害於物。’从象，予聲。，古文。”

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)