恩泽
ēn​zé

favor

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)

泽 zé, shì, yì marsh Simplified

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠬤
𠬤 Sound component
yì, zé, dù spy on
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

澤 marsh Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

睪
睪 Sound component
yì spy on
Change in sound

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraeklˤrak 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)