岁月峥嵘
suì​yuè​zhēng​róng

eventful

岁 suì year Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 步 represents the meaning and 戉 represents the sound. The simplified character 岁 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 歲.

Components

山
山 Simplified component
shān mountain

Shorthand for the 步 component in the traditional character 歲.

夕
夕 Simplified component
xī evening

Shorthand for the 戉 component in the traditional character 歲.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

秽刿哕

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

月 yuè, yue moon

Pictograph of the moon.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
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 Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (5 of 13 verified)

期朗肖甩朦胧朔潸朐臍閒朞朧

Sound (3 of 5 verified)

外钥炙刖塍

Iconic (4)

明望朝亙

Simplified (1)

阴

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

霸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjwot[ŋ]ʷat moon, month

說文解字

《說文》：“月，闕也，大陰之精，象形。”

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)

峥 zhēng high Simplified

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

争
争 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嵘 róng high Simplified

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

荣
荣 Sound component
róng flourish, glory

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

歲 suì year Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 步 represents the meaning and 戉 represents the sound.

Components

步
步 Meaning component
bù step
戉
戉 Sound component
yuè battle-axe

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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 Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 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 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 Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

鱥穢噦濊

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjwejHs-qʷʰat-s year

說文解字

《說文》：“歲，木星也。越歷二十八宿，宣徧陰陽，十二月一次。从步，戌聲。律歷書名五星為五步。”

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)

崢 high Traditional

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

爭
爭 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrɛng[dz]ˤreŋ崢嶸 high, precipitous
Zhengzhangzraːŋ
zreːŋ
Unicodejrhɛng
jrhæng

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Unicode
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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

嶸 high Traditional

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

榮
榮 Sound component
róng flourish, glory

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwæng[ɢ]ʷreŋhigh, distant
hwɛng[ɢ]ʷˤreŋ崢嶸 high, precipitous
Zhengzhangɢʷreːŋ
ɢʷreŋ
Unicodehuɛng

說文解字

崝嶸也。从山榮聲。

Sources

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