sōng​hè​xiá​líng

longevity

sōng pine tree

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. In simplified Chinese this character also means "relax, loosen", but in traditional Chinese this meaning is written as .

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
gōng public

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjowngsə.ɢoŋ pine (n.)

說文解字

《說文》:“松,木也。从木,公聲。,松或从容。”

Sources

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

crane Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
hú, què, hè (crane), very high
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

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

xiá afar

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chuò walk

is a component form of .

Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart[ɡ]ˤradistant
Zhengzhangɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

遠也。从辵叚聲。

Sources

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

líng age Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 齿 represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

齿
齿 Meaning component
chǐ teeth
Sound component
lìng command

Sources

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

crane Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
hú, què, hè (crane), very high
Meaning component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaewk[g]ˤrawk white (of birds)
hak[g]ˤawk crane

說文解字

《說文》:“鶴,鳴九臯,聲聞于天。从鳥,隺聲。”

Sources

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

líng age Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chǐ teeth
Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ
Unicodeleng

說文解字

《說文新附》:“齡,年也。从齒,令聲。”

Sources

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