密檐塔
mì​yán​tǎ

multi-eaved pagoda

密 mì secret

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 宓 represents the sound.

Components

宓
宓 Sound component
mì, fú quiet
山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嘧

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmitmri[t] dense

說文解字

《說文》：“密，山如堂者。从山，宓聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

檐 yán eaves of house Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簷.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyemCə.[ɢ]ameaves
yem[ɢ][a]mtemple gate
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

說文解字

㮰也。从木詹聲。

Sources

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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

塔 tǎ tower

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
荅
荅 Sound component
dā, dá, tà small bean

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰuːb
Unicodetɑp

說文解字

《說文新附》：“塔，西域浮屠也。从土，答聲。”

Sources

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漢語多功能字庫
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

簷 yán eaves of house Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang