qíng clear weather

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
qīng green or blue

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjengN-tsʰeŋ to clear (of weather)

Sources

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

lóng, lōng prosperous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljuwng[r]uŋsound of thunder
ljuwng[r]uŋ (< * -[u]m)high; ample; eminent
Zhengzhangɡ·ruːŋ
Unicodeliung

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica