楞迦岛
Léng​jiā Dǎo

Lanka

楞 léng, lèng used for Ceylon in Buddhist texts

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

罒
罒 Sound component
wǎng net or eye
方
方 Unknown component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːŋ

Sources

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

迦 jiā, xiè character for transliteration

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangka
kal
kraːl
Unicodega

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

岛 dǎo island Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鸟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 島.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
鸟
鸟 Sound component
niǎo bird

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

捣

Sources

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

島 dǎo island Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 鳥 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
鳥
鳥 Sound component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤuʔ island

說文解字

《說文》：“，海中往往有山可依止曰。”

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)