岑
cén

steep

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
今
今 Sound component
jīn now

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

涔梣

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡrɯm
Unicodejrhim

說文解字

山小而高。从山今聲。

Sources

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