庞加莱
Páng​jiā​lái

Poincaré

庞 páng huge Simplified

Original meaning: tall house

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. The meaning later extended to "huge" and "disorderly". Simplified form of 龐.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof

Depicts a building.

龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

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

加 jiā add

Depicts making loud noises with the mouth (口) to add power (力) during manual labor.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (6 of 17 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

珈哿

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaekˤraj add

說文解字

《說文》：“加，語相增加也。从力，从口。”

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)

莱 lái goosefoot weed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 来 represents the sound. Simplified form of 萊.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

来
来 Sound component
lái come

Sources

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

龐 páng huge, disorderly Traditional

Original meaning: tall house

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound. The meaning later extended to "huge" and "disorderly".

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof

Depicts a building.

龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbaewng[b]ˤroŋ huge

說文解字

《說文》：“龐，高屋也。从广，龍聲。”

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)

萊 goosefoot weed Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 來 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

來
來 Sound component
lái come

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯː
rɯːs
Unicodeləi

說文解字

《說文》：“萊，蔓華也。从艸，來聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)