古墓丽影 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gǔ old

Original meaning: firm, solid

Depicts a shield. Based on the original meaning "firm, solid", which is now written as 固. The current meaning "old" is a phonetic loan.

Components

盾 Iconic component

dùn shield

Depicts a shield.

Change in form

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

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

The 口 component is sometimes used to indicate an abstract meaning taken from a concrete object. Here, the concrete object "shield" evokes the abstract meaning "firm, solid".

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Sound (7 of 27 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuX	kˤaʔ	ancient

說文解字

《說文》：“古，故也。从十口。識前言者也。，古文古。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.154
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mù grave

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

莫 Sound component

mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	muH	C.mˤak-s	grave (n.)
Zhengzhang		maːɡs
Unicode	mò

說文解字

丘也。从土莫聲。

Sources

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

lì beautiful Simplified

Simplified form of 麗. Pictograph of a deer (鹿) with two beautiful antlers. The traditional component 鹿 was removed for simplification.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two beautiful antlers on the head of a deer.

鹿 Deleted component

lù deer

The traditional component 鹿 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

俪骊郦鹂逦鲡酾

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	reːls

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

yǐng shadow

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 景 represents the sound. The 彡 component depicts shadow lines.

Components

彡 Iconic component

shān, xiǎn hair

Depicts shadow lines.

景 Sound component

jǐng scenery

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jaengX	qraŋʔ	shadow (n.)

Sources

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

lì beautiful Traditional

Pictograph of a deer (鹿) with two beautiful antlers.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two beautiful antlers on the head of a deer.

鹿 Iconic component

lù deer

Character Evolution

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鱺儷曬灑鸝驪

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lejH	[r]ˤe-s	symmetrical

說文解字

《說文》：“麗，旅行也。鹿之性見食急則必旅行。从鹿，丽聲。《禮》‘麗皮納聘’，蓋鹿皮也。，古文；，篆文麗字。”

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)

古 gǔ old

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墓 mù grave

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丽 lì beautiful Simplified

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影 yǐng shadow

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麗 lì beautiful Traditional

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Sound (1 of 6 verified)

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gǔ old

mù grave

lì beautiful Simplified

yǐng shadow

lì beautiful Traditional