愚昧 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yúmèi

ignorant

yú stupid

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

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

禺 Sound component

yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋo
Unicode	ngio

說文解字

《說文》：“愚，戇也。从心，从禺。禺，猴屬，獸之愚者。”

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)

mèi obscure

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 未 represents the sound.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

未 Sound component

wèi not yet

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mwojH	mˤ[u][t]-s	dusk; dark
Zhengzhang		mɯːds
Unicode	mə̀i

說文解字

爽，旦明也。从日未聲。一曰闇也。

Sources

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