德泽 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dézé

virtue and favor

dé virtue

Originally written as 惪, depicting a straight (直) heart (心). The 彳 (walk) component was added later.

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

惪 Sound Meaning component

dé virtue

Original form of 德.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

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

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tok	tˤək	virtue

說文解字

《說文》：“德，升也。从彳，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)

zé, shì, yì marsh Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澤.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠬤 Sound component

yì, zé, dù spy on

Change in sound

泽 and 𠬤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
泽 *lˤrak
𠬤 *laːɡ

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

marsh Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

睪 Sound component

yì spy on

Change in sound

澤 and 睪 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
澤 *lˤrak
睪 *laːɡ

Character Evolution

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

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

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	draek	lˤrak	marsh; moisture

說文解字

《說文》：“澤，光潤也。从水，睪聲。”

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)