武鸣 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wǔ military

Depicts marching (止) with a weapon (戈).

Components

戈 Iconic component

gē spear

止 Iconic component

zhǐ (foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjuX	m(r)aʔ	military

說文解字

《說文》：“武，楚莊王曰：夫武，定功戢兵。故止戈為武。”

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)

míng cry of bird or animal Simplified

The sound 口 a bird 鸟 makes

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo bird

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

míng cry of bird or animal Traditional

The sound 口 a bird 鳥 makes

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

鳥 Meaning component

niǎo bird

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjæng	m.reŋ	cry (of birds or animals)
Zhengzhang		mreŋ
Unicode	miæng

說文解字

鳥聲也。从鳥从口。

Sources

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

武 wǔ military

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鸣 míng cry of bird or animal Simplified

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鳴 míng cry of bird or animal Traditional

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wǔ military

míng cry of bird or animal Simplified

míng cry of bird or animal Traditional