zǎo​bó

morning wood

zǎo early

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The form of the original phonetic component was abbreviated to look like .

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
zǎo date tree
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
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 Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawXNə.tsˤuʔ early

說文解字

《說文》:“早,晨也。从日在甲上。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

flourishing, prosperous

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

SoundMeaning component
bó, bèi flourishing, thriving
Meaning component
lì, li power

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbwot[b]ˤut confused

說文解字

《說文》:“勃,排也。从力,孛聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.503-504
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica