建邺 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiàn build

Depicts a hand setting up a wooden post (聿) at the corner of a building site (𠃊).

Components

聿 Iconic component

yù writing brush

Depicts a hand setting up a post.

𠃊 Iconic component

yǐn hidden area

Depicts the corner of a building site. Modern form looks like 廴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

健键腱犍毽鍵踺楗

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjonH	[k]a[n]-s	set up, establish

說文解字

立朝律也。从聿从廴。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.136
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yè, qiū place in today's Henan province Simplified

Components

业 Sound component

yè profession

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

place

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

place in today's Henan province Traditional

Components

業 Sound component

yè profession

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

place

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋab
Unicode	ngiæp

說文解字

魏郡縣。从邑業聲。

Sources

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

建 jiàn build

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

邺 yè, qiū place in today's Henan province Simplified

Components

Sources

鄴 place in today's Henan province Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

jiàn build

yè, qiū place in today's Henan province Simplified

place in today's Henan province Traditional