滚装船 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gǔnzhuāngchuán

RORO ship

gǔn turn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 衮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

衮 Sound component

gǔn imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kluːnʔ

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhuāng dress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裝.

Components

壮 Sound component

zhuàng big, strong

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

Sources

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

chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 㕣 represents the sound.

Components

舟 Meaning component

zhōu boat

㕣 Sound component

yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Change in sound

船 and 㕣 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
船 *Cə.lo[n]
㕣 lon

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zywen	Cə.lo[n]	boat

說文解字

《說文》：“船，舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。”

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)

gǔn turn Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

袞 Sound component

imperial robe

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese
Unicode	guən

Sources

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

zhuāng dress Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

壯 Sound component

zhuàng big, strong

衣 Meaning component

yī clothes

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔsraŋ
		ʔsraŋs
Unicode	jriɑng

說文解字

《說文》：“裝，裹也。从衣，壯聲。”

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)

滚 gǔn turn Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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装 zhuāng dress Simplified

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船 chuán ship

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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滾 gǔn turn Traditional

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Historical Pronunciations

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裝 zhuāng dress Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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gǔn turn Simplified

zhuāng dress Simplified

chuán ship

gǔn turn Traditional

zhuāng dress Traditional