梓潼
Zǐ​tóng

Zitong

梓 zǐ catalpa ovata

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
辛
辛 Sound component
xīn laborious

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsiX[ts]əʔCatalpa
Zhengzhangʔsɯʔ
Unicodetziə̌

說文解字

楸也。从木，宰省聲。

Sources

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

潼 tóng, chōng, zhōng high

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

童
童 Sound component
tóng child

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
tʰjoŋ
Unicodedhung

說文解字

水。出廣漢梓潼北界，南入墊江。从水童聲。

Sources

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