拱墅
Gǒng​shù

Gongshu District

拱 gǒng fold hands on breast

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjowngXk(r)oŋʔjoin the hands
Zhengzhangkloŋʔ
Unicodegiǒng

說文解字

斂手也。从手共聲。

Sources

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

墅 shù, yě villa

Phonosemantic compound. 野 represents the meaning and 土 represents the sound.

Components

野
野 Meaning component
yě field, wilderness
土
土 Sound component
tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɦljaːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang