普罗扎克 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Pǔluózhākè

Prozac

pǔ universal

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 並 represents the sound.

Components

並 Sound component

side by side

Change in sound

普 and 並 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
普 pʰaːʔ
並 *[b]ˤeŋʔ

日 Meaning component

rì sun

Character Evolution

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

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

谱氆镨譜潽

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pʰaːʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“暜，日無色也。从日，从竝。”

Sources

Character origin: zdic
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

luó, luō, luo net for catching birds Simplified

Simplified form of 羅. Depicts a net (网) for catching birds (隹).

Components

网 Iconic component

wǎng net

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 网 than it was in ancient scripts.

夕 Simplified component

xī evening

Shorthand for the 隹 component in the traditional character 羅.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

逻萝锣椤箩猡啰

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

zhā, zhá pull up

A hand 扌 tying a bundle with string 乚

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

乚 Meaning component

yǐn, yà turning stroke

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sqriːd

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

kè subdue

Pictograph of a person (人) carrying a heavy weight on their back.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a heavy load being carried on the back.

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

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 Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khok	kʰˤək	carry; able; dominate

說文解字

《說文》：“克，肩也。象屋下刻木之形。，古文克。，亦古文克。”

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)

net for catching birds Traditional

Depicts a net (网) for catching birds (隹). The 糹 (silk; thread) component was added later.

Components

网 Iconic component

wǎng net

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

蘿邏囉儸籮鑼

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	la	rˤaj	a kind of net (on a handle?) (Shuōwén: 'bird net')

說文解字

《說文》：“羅，以絲罟鳥也。从网，从維。古者芒氏初作羅。”

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)