沈阳故宫 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Shěnyáng Gùgōng

Mukden Palace

shěn, chén, tán sink Simplified

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冘 Sound component

yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drim	C.[d]r[ə]m (~ *m-lr[ə]m)	sink (v.t.)
	drim	[d]r[ə]m (~ *m-lr[ə]m)	sink (v.i.)
	drim	[d]r[ə]m	sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water
	drimH	[d]r[ə]m-s	sacrifice in which gifts are sunk in water
	syimX	[s.t][ə]mʔ	(name of a state)

說文解字

《說文》：“沈，陵上滈水也。从水，冘聲。一曰濁黕也。”

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)

yáng light Simplified

The traditional characters 陰 (Yin) and 陽 (Yang) were simplified to 阴 and 阳. In Chinese philosophy, the moon (月) corresponds to Yin (阴) and the sun (日) corresponds to Yang (阳).

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

日 Simplified component

rì sun

Simplified from the traditional 陽. Used here since the sun corresponds to the 'Yang' of 'Yin and Yang' in Chinese philosophy.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

gù incident, happening, cause

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components

古 Sound component

gǔ old

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuH	kˤa(ʔ)-s	fact; reason
	kuH	kˤaʔ-s	old (not new)

說文解字

《說文》：“故，使為之也。从攴，古聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.250
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

gōng palace Simplified

Simplified form of 宮. Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components

宀 Iconic component

mián roof

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two rooms.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

sink Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

審 Sound component

shěn examine

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyhimX	tʰ[ə]mʔ	liquid
Zhengzhang		l̥ʰjɯmʔ

說文解字

汁也。从水審聲。《春秋傳》曰：“猶拾瀋。”

Sources

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

yáng light Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

昜 Sound Meaning component

yáng bright

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yang	laŋ	bright

說文解字

高、明也。从𨸏昜聲。

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)

gōng palace Traditional

Pictograph of a building (宀) with multiple rooms.

Components

宀 Iconic component

mián roof

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two rooms.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

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Component uses

Meaning (2)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjuwng	k(r)uŋ	dwelling; palace; note of scale

說文解字

《說文》：“宮，室也。从宀，躳省聲。”

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)