渊虑 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yuānlǜ

profound thought

yuān gulf Simplified

Simplified form of 淵. Originally written as 𣶒, which depicted water inside of a deep pool. The left 氵 (water) component was added later.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𣶒 Sound Iconic Simplified component

yuān deep pool

Pictograph of water inside of a deep pool.

Sources

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

lǜ be concerned Simplified

Simplified form of 慮. Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Change in sound

虑 and 虍 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
虑 *[r]a-s
虍 *qʰˤra (dialect *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-)

心 Simplified component

xīn, xin heart

Shorthand for the 思 component in the traditional character 慮.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

gulf Traditional

Originally written as 𣶒, which depicted water inside of a deep pool. The left 氵 (water) component was added later.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𣶒 Sound Iconic component

yuān deep pool

Pictograph of water inside of a deep pool.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

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

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 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	'wen	[ʔ]ʷˤi[ŋ]	abyss

說文解字

《說文》：“淵，回水也。从水，象形，左右岸也，中象水皃。，淵或省水。囦，古文从囗、水。”

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)

lǜ be concerned Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components

虍 Sound component

hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Change in sound

慮 and 虍 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
慮 *[r]a-s
虍 *qʰˤra (dialect *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-)

思 Meaning component

sī, si think

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 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 Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljoH	[r]a-s	think, consider

說文解字

《說文》：“慮，謀思也。从思，虍聲。”

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)