徐匡迪
Xú Kuāng​dí

Xu Kuangdi

徐 xú slowly

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjosə.lawalk slowly
Zhengzhanglja
Unicodeziu

說文解字

安行也。从彳余聲。

Sources

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

匡 kuāng, wāng correct

Components

匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box

box

王
王 Sound component
wáng king

Character Evolution

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 Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 (0 of 6 verified)

框眶筐诓哐誆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwangk-pʰaŋsquare basket
Zhengzhangkʰʷaŋ
Unicodekiuɑng

說文解字

飲器，筥也。从匚㞷聲。

Sources

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

迪 dí enlighten

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

由
由 Sound component
yóu cause
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːwɢ

說文解字

《說文》：“迪，道也。从辵，由聲。”

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)