押韵
yā​yùn

rhyme

押 yā mortgage

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔæpʔˤrepto seal, stamp
Zhengzhangkraːb
qraːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

韵 yùn rhyme Simplified

Of equal 匀 tone 音; 匀 also provides the pronunciation

Components

音
音 Meaning component
yīn sound
匀
匀 SoundMeaning component
yún equal

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwinH[m-qʷ]<r>i[n]-s (no pre-Qín exx.)rhyme
Zhengzhangɢʷins

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

韻 rhyme Traditional

Components

音
音 Meaning component
yīn sound
員
員 Sound component
yuán member

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwinH[m-qʷ]<r>i[n]-s (no pre-Qín exx.)harmony; rhyme

說文解字

《說文新附》：“韻，和也。从音，員聲。裴光遠云：‘古與均同。’未知其審。”

Sources

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