徐渭
Xú Wèi

Xu Wei

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)

渭 wèi name of a river in Shanxi

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 胃 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

胃
胃 Sound component
wèi stomach

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢuds
Unicodehiuə̀i

說文解字

水。出隴西首陽渭首亭南谷，東入河。从水胃聲。杜林說。《夏書》以爲出鳥鼠山。雝州浸也。

Sources

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