彬蔚
bīn​wèi

erudite and refined

彬 bīn, bān cultivated

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components

彡
彡 Meaning component
shān, xiǎn hair
林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangprɯn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

蔚 wèi, yù luxuriant

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

尉
尉 Sound component
wèi, yù, yùn officer

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔjwɨjHʔut-sArtemisia
ʔjutʔutArtemisia
Zhengzhangquds
qud
Unicodeqiuət

說文解字

牡蒿也。从艸𤈫聲。

Sources

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