冷寂 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

lěngjì

desolate

lěng cold

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.

Components

冫 Meaning component

bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

令 Sound component

lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		raːŋʔ
		reːŋ
		reːŋʔ
Unicode	læ̌ng
	læ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》：“冷，寒也。从仌。令聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jì still

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

叔 Sound component

shū, shu uncle

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzek	s-[d]ˤiwk	quiet
Zhengzhang		zlɯːwɢ
Unicode	dzhek

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang