洛杉矶
Luò​shān​jī

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洛 luò river in Shanxi province

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

各
各 Sound component
gè each
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

落

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːɡ
Unicodelɑk

說文解字

《說文》：“洛，水。出左馮翊歸德北夷界中，東南入渭。从水，各聲。”

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)

杉 shān various species of pine and fir

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 彡 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
彡
彡 Sound component
shān, xiǎn hair

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːm
Unicodeshræm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

矶 jī jetty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磯.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

磯 jetty Traditional

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

rock

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯl
Unicodegiəi

說文解字

大石激水也。从石幾聲。

Sources

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