宫泽喜一 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Gōngzé Xǐyī

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gōng palace Simplified

Simplified form of 宮. Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components

宀 Iconic component

mián roof

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two rooms.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

zé, shì, yì marsh Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澤.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠬤 Sound component

yì, zé, dù spy on

Change in sound

泽 and 𠬤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
泽 *lˤrak
𠬤 *laːɡ

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

xǐ like, happy

Depicts making a joyful noise with a drum (壴) and one's mouth (口).

Components

壴 Iconic component

zhù drum

口 Iconic component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

禧嘻嬉熹僖蟢

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xiX	qʰ(r)əʔ	joy; rejoice

說文解字

《說文》：“喜，樂也。从壴，从口。歖，古文喜从欠，與歡同。”

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)

yī one

A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Iconic (9)

生之方或万旦曰巿丏

Meaning (2 of 7 verified)

百千兹闩戛晉閂

Unknown (2)

Distinguishing (1)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'jit	ʔi[t]	one

說文解字

《說文》：“一，惟初太始，道立於一，造分天地，化成萬物。弌，古文一。”

Sources

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

gōng palace Traditional

Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components

宀 Iconic component

mián roof

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two rooms.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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 Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

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 Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (2)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjuwng	k(r)uŋ	dwelling; palace; note of scale

說文解字

《說文》：“宮，室也。从宀，躳省聲。”

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)

marsh Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

睪 Sound component

yì spy on

Change in sound

澤 and 睪 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
澤 *lˤrak
睪 *laːɡ

Character Evolution

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

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

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	draek	lˤrak	marsh; moisture

說文解字

《說文》：“澤，光潤也。从水，睪聲。”

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)