恩俸
ēn​fèng

pension

恩 ēn kindness

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
因
因 Sound component
yīn cause

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

嗯摁蒽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'onʔˤə[n] kindness, favor

說文解字

《說文》：“恩，惠也。从心，因聲。”

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)

俸 fèng, běng wages

Wages offered 奉 to a person 亻; 奉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
奉
奉 SoundMeaning component
fèng offer

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpoːŋʔ
boŋs
Unicodebhiòng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang