榆次 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Yúcì

Yuci District

yú elm tree

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

俞 Sound component

yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yu	lo	elm
Zhengzhang		lo
Unicode	io

說文解字

榆，白枌。从木俞聲。

Sources

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

cì second, next

The 二 (two) component represents the meaning "second" and also indicates the sound. The 欠 (deficient) represents the meaning "secondary" or "substandard".

Components

二 Sound Meaning component

èr two

Change in sound

次 and 二 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
次 *[s-n̥]i[j]-s
二 *ni[j]-s

欠 Meaning component

qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Alludes to the meaning "second-class" or "inferior".

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 11 verified)

资姿茨瓷咨恣粢資趑佽絘

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

趑

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshijH	[s-n̥]i[j]-s	lodge (v.)
	tshijH	[s-n̥]i[j]-s	put in order; second

說文解字

《說文》：“次，不前不精也。从欠，二聲。，古文次。”

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)

榆 yú elm tree

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

次 cì second, next

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 11 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

yú elm tree

cì second, next