朦胧诗
méng​lóng​shī

Misty Poetry

朦 méng condition or appearance of moon

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon

moon

蒙
蒙 Sound component
méng, mēng, měng cover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːŋ
moːŋʔ
Unicodemung

說文解字

月朦朧也。从月蒙聲。

Sources

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

胧 lóng condition or appearance of moon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 朧.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

诗 shī poetry Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詩.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

朧 lóng condition or appearance of moon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋ
roŋs
Unicodelung

說文解字

朦朧也。从月龍聲。

Sources

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

詩 shī poetry Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyis.tə poetry

說文解字

《說文》：“詩，志也。从言，寺聲。，古文詩省。”

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)