晋察冀
Jìn Chá Jì

Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei

晋 jìn advance Simplified

An advance to the second 亚 day 日

Components

亚
亚 Meaning component
yà Asia, sub-
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

缙戬縉

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodetzìn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

察 chá examine

Original meaning: eaves

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 祭 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "eaves". The meaning later shifted to "observe from above", "examine", and "inspect".

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
Change in meaning
宀 hints at the original meaning of 察, "eaves", which is no longer the most common meaning of 察 in modern Mandarin.
祭
祭 Sound component
jì, zhài sacrifice to
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

擦嚓檫镲鑔

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrheat[tsʰ]ˤret examine

說文解字

《說文》：“察，覆也。从宀、祭。”

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)

冀 jì hope for

Phonosemantic compound. 北 represents the meaning and 異 represents the sound.

Components

北
北 Meaning component
běi north
異
異 Sound component
yì different

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

骥驥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkijH[k]rə[t]-s (dial. < *[k]rək-s ?)hope
Zhengzhangkrɯls
Unicodegyì

說文解字

北方州也。从北異聲。

Sources

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

晉 advance Traditional

A platform 一 raised on stilts 厶

Components

一
一 Meaning component
yī one
厶
厶 Meaning component
sī, mǒu private, selfish
厶
厶 Meaning component
sī, mǒu private, selfish
一
一 Meaning component
yī one
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 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-SagarttsinHtsi[n]-sJìn (place name)
Zhengzhangʔsins

說文解字

進也。日出萬物進。从日从臸。《易》曰：“明出地上，㬜。”

Sources

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