淀粉
diàn​fěn HSK7

starch

淀 diàn shallow water Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 定 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澱.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːns

Sources

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

粉 fěn powder

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
分
分 Sound component
fēn, fèn, fen divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

頪

Remnant (1)

頪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjunXmə.pənʔ flour

說文解字

《說文》：“粉，傅面者也。从米，分聲。”

Sources

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

澱 diàn shallow water Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

殿
殿 Sound component
diàn hall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯːns

說文解字

滓滋也。从水殿聲。

Sources

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