净利润
jìng​lì​rùn

net profit

净 jìng clean Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 争 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淨.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

Used here as a shorthand form of 氵 (water).

争
争 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Character origin
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利 lì, li benefit

Depicts harvesting grain (禾) with a blade (刂). Harvest was the main source of profit in agricultural societies.

Components

禾
禾 Iconic component
hé grain stalk
刂
刂 Iconic component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 11 verified)

黎莉梨犁俐痢蜊猁脷唎悧

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

悧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlijHC.ri[t]-s sharp; profit

說文解字

《說文》：“利，銛也。从刀；和然後利，从和省。《易》曰：‘利者，義之和也。’”

Sources

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

润 rùn moist Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 闰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潤.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

闰
闰 Sound component
rùn extra month

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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淨 jìng clean Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 爭 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

爭
爭 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjengHN-tseŋ-s clean (adj.)
dzjengHm-tseŋ-s cleanse (v.t.)

說文解字

《說文》：“淨，魯北城門池也。从水，爭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

潤 rùn moist Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 閏 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

閏
閏 Sound component
extra month

Character Evolution

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 Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjuns
Unicodenjuìn

說文解字

《說文》：“潤，水曰潤下。从水，閏聲。”

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)