沧浪亭
Cāng Làng​tíng

Surging Waves Pavilion

沧 cāng blue Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滄.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

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浪 làng wave

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

良
良 Sound component
liáng good

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlang[r]ˤaŋ (name of a river)

說文解字

《說文》：“浪，滄浪水也。南入江。从水，良聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

亭 tíng pavilion

Phonosemantic compound. 京 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

京
京 Iconic component
jīng capital city

Depicts a tall building.

丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

停婷葶

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdengm-tˤeŋ manage

說文解字

《說文》：“亭，民所安定也。亭有樓，从高省，丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

滄 blue Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːŋ
sʰraŋs
Unicodetsɑng

說文解字

寒也。从水倉聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)