勐腊县 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

měng imperial degree

Components

孟 Sound component

mèng first in series

力 Meaning component

lì, li power

strength

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

là dried meat Simplified

A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

昔 Meaning component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sjaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

xiàn county Simplified

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 首 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

系 Deleted component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1)

悬

Iconic (1)

悬

Sources

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

year end sacrifice Traditional

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

meat

巤 Sound component

liè whiskers

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lap	C.rˤap	winter sacrifice
Zhengzhang		raːb
Unicode	lɑp

說文解字

冬至後三戌，臘祭百神。从肉巤聲。

Sources

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

xiàn county Traditional

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 首 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

系 Iconic component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

懸

Iconic (1)

懸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwenH	Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n]-s	district
	hwen	[g]ʷˤe[n]	suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“縣，繫也。从系持。”

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)

勐 měng imperial degree

Components

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腊 là dried meat Simplified

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县 xiàn county Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

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臘 year end sacrifice Traditional

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說文解字

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縣 xiàn county Traditional

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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měng imperial degree

là dried meat Simplified

xiàn county Simplified

year end sacrifice Traditional

xiàn county Traditional