yán​péng

canopy

yán eaves of house Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyemCə.[ɢ]ameaves
yem[ɢ][a]mtemple gate
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

說文解字

㮰也。从木詹聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

peng awning

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
féng come upon

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbuwngC.bˤoŋawning; sail
Zhengzhangboːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

yán eaves of house Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglam
Unicodeiɛm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang