广泛性焦虑症
guǎng​fàn​xìng​jiāo​lǜ​zhèng

generalized anxiety disorder

广 guǎng roof Simplified

Variant form of 宀 (roof). In simplified Chinese 广 is also used to mean "wide", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 廣. Sometimes used interchangeably with 厂.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (29 of 54 verified)

府底座序庭庄店扩库废廉庞斥庙廊厨旷庇廖廓庐庵庖庑庋庠庾庥廪廛庀庹廨廑庳廒㢆廣廡廈廟廠廝㡿廬庫廂廁廥廚廢廩龐廳

Sound (1 of 7 verified)

扩矿旷犷邝圹纩

Simplified (2)

庆厨

Unknown (0 of 2 verified)

庸廄

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“广，因广為屋，象對刺高屋之形。”

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泛 fàn to drift

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 乏 represents the sound. Simplified form of 氾.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

乏
乏 Sound component
fá lack

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjomHpʰ(r)[o]m-sto float
Zhengzhangpʰoms
bob
Unicodepiæ̀m

說文解字

浮也。从水乏聲。

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性 xìng, xing nature

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

生
生 Sound component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjengHseŋ-s nature

說文解字

《說文》：“性，人之陽气性善者也。从心，生聲。”

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焦 jiāo burned

Original meaning: wren

Originally a pictograph of a wren. Based on the original meaning "wren", now written as 鷦. Later used as a phonetic loan for "burn", after which the fire (灬) component was added.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
Change in meaning
隹 hints at the original meaning of 焦, "wren", which is no longer the most common meaning of 焦 in modern Mandarin.
灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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 Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 15 verified)

瞧礁蕉樵憔醮谯鹪僬劁噍蟭膲鷦譙

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

樵

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjewS.tew burn, scorch
tsjewS.tew Jiao (place name)

說文解字

《說文》：“，火所傷也。从火，雥聲。，或省。”

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虑 lǜ be concerned Simplified

Simplified form of 慮. Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components

虍
虍 Sound component
hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Change in sound
心
心 Simplified component
xīn, xin heart

Shorthand for the 思 component in the traditional character 慮.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

滤摅

Historical Pronunciations

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症 zhèng disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯŋs

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廣 guǎng wide Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 黃 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
黃
黃 Sound component
huáng yellow

Character Evolution

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 Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

礦擴曠爌獷

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

擴曠

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwangXkʷˤaŋʔ wide
kwangHkʷˤaŋʔ-s distance from east to west

說文解字

《說文》：“廣，殿之大屋也。从广，黄聲。”

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慮 lǜ be concerned Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components

虍
虍 Sound component
hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Change in sound
思
思 Meaning component
sī, si think

Character Evolution

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 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

藘鑢濾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljoH[r]a-s think, consider

說文解字

《說文》：“慮，謀思也。从思，虍聲。”

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