感遇
gǎn​yù

gratitude

感 gǎn feel

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

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
咸
咸 Sound component
xián all
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

憾撼轗

Meaning (1)

轗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkomXkˤ[ə]mʔ move (emotionally) (v.t.)

說文解字

《說文》：“感，動人心也。从心，咸聲。”

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)

遇 yù meet

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

禺
禺 Sound component
yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjuHŋ(r)o-s meet with

說文解字

逢也。从辵禺聲。

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)