汶莱
Wèn​lái

Brunei

汶 wèn, wén, mín a river in Shandong province

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

文
文 Sound component
wén writing

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmwonmˤə[n]dirty
Zhengzhangmrɯn
mɯn
mɯns
Unicodemiə̀n

說文解字

水。出琅邪朱虛東泰山，東入濰。从水文聲。桑欽說：汶水出泰山萊蕪，西南入泲。

Sources

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

莱 lái goosefoot weed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 来 represents the sound. Simplified form of 萊.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

来
来 Sound component
lái come

Sources

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

萊 goosefoot weed Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 來 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

來
來 Sound component
lái come

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯː
rɯːs
Unicodeləi

說文解字

《說文》：“萊，蔓華也。从艸，來聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)