梅花鹿 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

méihuālù

sika deer

méi plums

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

每 Sound component

měi every

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mwoj	C.mˤə	plum tree

說文解字

《說文》：“梅，枏也，可食。从木，每聲。楳，或从某。”

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)

huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化 Sound component

huà change

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwae	qʷʰˤra	flower (n.)

Sources

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

lù deer

Pictograph of a deer.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (0 of 9 verified)

麟麝麋麒麂麇麈麃塵

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

麓漉辘鏖簏轆

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	luwk	mə-rˤok	deer

說文解字

《說文》：“鹿，獸也。象頭角四足之形。鳥、鹿足相似，从匕。”

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)