嘉荫

嘉 jiā excellent

Phonosemantic compound. 壴 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

壴
壴 Meaning component
zhù drum
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaekˤ<r>aj excellent

說文解字

《說文》：“嘉，美也。从壴，加聲。”

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)

荫 yìn shade Simplified

Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
阴
阴 SoundMeaning component
yīn dark

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蔭 shade Traditional

Shade 陰 provided by a tree 艹; 陰 also provides the pronunciation

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
陰
陰 SoundMeaning component
yīn dark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'imHmə-q<r>[u]m-s shade

說文解字

《說文》：“蔭，艸陰地。从艸，陰聲。”

Sources

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