法库县 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fǎ, fa law

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Originally written as 灋.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

Likely alludes to water always flowing in a given path, or water always being flat and level.

去 Sound component

qù go away

Change in sound

法 and 去 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
法 *[p.k]ap
去 *[kʰ](r)aʔ

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjop	[p.k]ap	model, law

說文解字

《說文》：“灋，刑也。平之如水，从水；廌，所以觸不直者，去之，从去。法，今文省。佱，古文。”

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)

kù armory Simplified

Simplified form of 庫. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

车 Sound component

chē cart, vehicle

Change in sound

库 and 车 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
库 khuH
车 kjo

Component uses

Sound (1)

裤

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

xiàn county Simplified

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 首 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

系 Deleted component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1)

悬

Iconic (1)

悬

Sources

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

kù armory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

車 Sound Meaning component

chē cart, vehicle

Change in sound

庫 and 車 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
庫 khuH
車 kjo

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (1)

褲

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khuH	[k]ʰˤa-s	arsenal; storehouse

說文解字

《說文》：“庫，兵車藏也。从車，在广下。”

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)

xiàn county Traditional

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 首 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

系 Iconic component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

懸

Iconic (1)

懸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwenH	Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n]-s	district
	hwen	[g]ʷˤe[n]	suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“縣，繫也。从系持。”

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)

法 fǎ, fa law

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库 kù armory Simplified

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县 xiàn county Simplified

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庫 kù armory Traditional

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縣 xiàn county Traditional

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說文解字

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fǎ, fa law

kù armory Simplified

xiàn county Simplified

kù armory Traditional

xiàn county Traditional