孟轲
Mèng Kē

Mencius

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A child 子 sitting on a throne 皿

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
皿
皿 Meaning component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

猛锰蜢勐艋錳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmængHmˤraŋ-seldest, great
Zhengzhangmraːŋs
Unicodemæ̀ng

說文解字

長也。从子皿聲。

Sources

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

轲 kē, kě axle Simplified

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

wheel

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

軻 axle Traditional

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

wheel

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːl
kʰaːlʔ
kʰaːls
Unicodekɑ
kɑ̌

說文解字

接軸車也。从車可聲。

Sources

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