刘禹锡 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

liú surname Simplified

Original meaning: type of battle axe

Simplified form of 劉. Phonosemantic compound. 卯 represents the sound and 金 and 刂 represent the meaning. Based on the original meaning "battle-axe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

文 Simplified component

wén writing

Shorthand for the left side of the traditional character 劉.

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Change in meaning

刂 hints at the original meaning of 刘, "type of battle axe", which is no longer the most common meaning of 刘 in modern Mandarin.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

浏

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

yǔ insect; proper name

Depicts some sort of bug.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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龋踽齲

Simplified (1)

属

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjuX	[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ	insect; proper name

說文解字

《說文》：“禹，蟲也。从厹，象形。，古文禹。”

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)

xī tin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound. Simplified form of 錫.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

易 Sound component

yì easy

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Readings & variants: Unicode

surname Traditional

Original meaning: type of battle axe

Phonosemantic compound. 卯 represents the sound and 金 and 刂 represent the meaning. Based on the original meaning "battle-axe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

卯 Sound component

mǎo 4th terrestrial branch

Change in sound

劉 and 卯 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
劉 *mə-ru
卯 *mˤruʔ

金 Meaning component

jīn metal

Change in meaning

金 hints at the original meaning of 劉, "type of battle axe", which is no longer the most common meaning of 劉 in modern Mandarin.

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Change in meaning

刂 hints at the original meaning of 劉, "type of battle axe", which is no longer the most common meaning of 劉 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

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瀏

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljuw	mə-ru	kill; surname

Sources

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

xī tin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

易 Sound component

yì easy

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sek	s-lˤek	give
	sek	s.lˤek	tin
Zhengzhang		sleːɡ
Unicode	sek

說文解字

銀鉛之閒也。从金易聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

刘 liú surname Simplified

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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禹 yǔ insect; proper name

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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锡 xī tin Simplified

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劉 surname Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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錫 xī tin Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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liú surname Simplified

yǔ insect; proper name

xī tin Simplified

surname Traditional

xī tin Traditional