奥维耶多 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

Original meaning: to store

Simplified form of 奧. Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a hidden corner or a container.

米 Iconic component

mǐ rice

Depicts grains of rice.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form

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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

噢懊燠襖

說文解字

宛也。室之西南隅。从宀𢍏聲。

Sources

Character origin: 鄔可晶《釋「奧」》Wiktionary (JA)
Readings & variants: Unicode
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wéi hold together, maintain Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 維.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

隹 Sound component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

潍

Sources

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

yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Corruption of 邪, with the 牙 component replaced with 耳.

Components

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

Corrupted to 耳.

Change in form

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

⻏ Meaning component

yì city

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

椰揶倻爺

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		laː
Unicode	ia

Sources

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

duō much

Depicts two pieces of meat together to convey the meaning "much" or "plentiful". In ancient China meat was a rare treat. Unrelated to 夕.

Components

肉 Iconic component

ròu meat

Depicts a piece of meat.

Change in form

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

肉 Iconic component

ròu meat

Depicts a piece of meat.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

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Sound (3 of 6 verified)

移爹侈哆黟眵

Meaning (3 of 4 verified)

够夥奓夠

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ta	[t.l]ˤaj	many

說文解字

《說文》：“多，重也。从重夕。夕者，相繹也，故為多。重夕為多，重日為。，古文多。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.557
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mysterious Traditional

Original meaning: to store

Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a hidden corner or a container.

米 Iconic component

mǐ rice

Depicts grains of rice. Modern form looks like 釆.

Change in form

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

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form

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

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

澳

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'awH	ʔˤuk-s	southwest corner of a house
	'juwk	ʔ(r)uk	cove in the bank of a stream

說文解字

《說文》：“奧，宛也。室之西南隅。从宀，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 鄔可晶《釋「奧」》Wiktionary (JA)
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wéi hold together, maintain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

隹 Sound component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

濰

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ywij	ɢʷij (? < *ɢʷuj)	rope for tying

說文解字

《說文》：“維，車蓋維也。从糸，隹聲。”

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)

奥 aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

說文解字

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维 wéi hold together, maintain Simplified

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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耶 yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

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多 duō much

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Character Evolution

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Sound (3 of 6 verified)

Meaning (3 of 4 verified)

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說文解字

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奧 mysterious Traditional

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Sound (1)

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說文解字

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維 wéi hold together, maintain Traditional

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

wéi hold together, maintain Simplified

yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

duō much

mysterious Traditional

wéi hold together, maintain Traditional