柠檬酸循环 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

níng, chǔ, zhù lemon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檸.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

宁 Sound component

níng, nìng peaceful, (storage container)

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰaʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

méng type of locust oracacia

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

tree

蒙 Sound component

méng, mēng, měng cover

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	moːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

suān sour, tart

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components

酉 Meaning component

yǒu wine

夋 Sound component

qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	swan	[s]ˤor	sour

說文解字

《說文》：“酸，酢也。从酉，夋聲。關東謂酢曰酸。，籀文酸从畯。”

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)

xún obey

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

step

盾 Sound component

dùn shield

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zwin	sə.lu[n]	follow
Zhengzhang		ljun
Unicode	zuin

說文解字

行順也。从彳盾聲。

Sources

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

huán jade ring or bracelet Simplified

Simplified form of 環. Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 睘 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

不 Simplified component

bù, bu no

Shorthand for the 睘 component in the traditional character 環.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lemon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 寧 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

寧 Sound component

níng, nìng peaceful

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	rnaːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

huán jade ring or bracelet Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 睘 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

睘 Sound component

qióng round

Change in sound

環 and 睘 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
環 hwaen
睘 hwaen

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwaen	C.ɢʷˤ<r>en	ring (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“環，璧也。肉好若一謂之環。从玉，睘聲。”

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)

柠 níng, chǔ, zhù lemon Simplified

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檬 méng type of locust oracacia

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酸 suān sour, tart

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說文解字

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循 xún obey

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說文解字

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环 huán jade ring or bracelet Simplified

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檸 lemon Traditional

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環 huán jade ring or bracelet Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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níng, chǔ, zhù lemon Simplified

méng type of locust oracacia

suān sour, tart

xún obey

huán jade ring or bracelet Simplified

lemon Traditional

huán jade ring or bracelet Traditional