李彦宏
Lǐ Yàn​hóng

Robin Li

李 li plum

A plum (李) is the offspring (子) of a tree (木).

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 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 Qin 221-206 BC
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-SagartliXC.rəʔ plum

說文解字

《說文》：“李，果也。从木，子聲。杍，古文。”

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)

彦 yàn, pán elegant Simplified

Simplified form of 彥. Depicts being accomplished in both literature (文) and military skill (弓). 厂 is a phonetic component.

Components

文
文 Meaning component
wén writing
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 文 than it was in ancient scripts.
厂
厂 Sound component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 弓 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

产颜谚産

Remnant (2)

产産

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrans
Unicodebgyɛ̀n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

宏 hóng wide

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof

building

厷
厷 Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweang[g]ʷˤ<r>əŋ resounding; great

說文解字

《說文》：“宏，屋深響也，从宀，厷聲。”

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)

彥 elegant Traditional

Depicts being accomplished in both literature (文) and military skill (弓). 厂 is a phonetic component.

Components

文
文 Meaning component
wén writing
厂
厂 Sound component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 弓 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 (2 of 3 verified)

顏諺產

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

諺

Remnant (1)

產

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjenHŋrar-s adornment

說文解字

《說文》：“彥，美士有文，人所言也。从彣，厂聲。”

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)