wéi county in Shandong province Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
wéi hold together, maintain

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fang neighborhood

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
earth
Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjang[b]aŋdike
Zhengzhangpaŋ
baŋ
Unicodebiɑng

說文解字

邑里之名。从土方聲。古通用埅。

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

county in Shandong province Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
wéi hold together, maintain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷi

說文解字

水。出琅邪箕屋山,東入海。徐州浸。《夏書》曰:“濰、淄其道。”从水維聲。

Sources

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